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EU Says No To Software Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-champagne dept.

Moggie68 writes "European parliament has . struck down the proposal for a directive that would have brought US-style software patents into EU." Here's another story on the decision.

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  1. And another by Evro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is still in my RSS feed for Slashdot:

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/05/18 21244&from=rss

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  2. First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm the first

    1. Re:First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The first what?!? Missed the boat there methinks.

  3. Don't feed the Troll (n/t) by CharonX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (no text)

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  4. NT??? by eno2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Phhht!!! I don't eat Windows NT, it gives me gas.

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  5. Re:The politics of envy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah... when the truth hurts, call it flamebait.

  6. Re:The politics of envy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't see any truth. All I saw was a reactionary knee-jerk defense of big corporations and IP commercialism.