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Sept 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents

Posted by samzenpus on from the come-together dept.

zoobab writes "Veteran European anti-software patent campaigners have launched the World Day against Software Patents. They say, 'The issue of software patents is a global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world continue to grant software & business method patents on a daily basis; they are pushing for legal codification of the practice, such as currently in New Zealand and India. We declare the 24 September as the World Day Against Software Patents, in commemoration of the European Parliament First Reading in 2003 with amendments stopping the harmful patenting of software, guaranteeing that software programmers and businesses can safely benefit from the fruits of their work under copyright law.'"

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  1. Day of this, day of that... by Yetihehe · · Score: 3, Funny

    We should also have official Day of Linux Desktop.

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    1. Re:Day of this, day of that... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      We should also have official Day of Linux Desktop.

      It's okay. Next year we have a whole year planned for that.

    2. Re:Day of this, day of that... by 4D6963 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Interestingly, Sept 25 Is World Day Against World Days. Look it up.

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    3. Re:Day of this, day of that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      As the holder of patent #175867433764 "Global event against Global events as imagined by nerds" please make sure you buy me a pint or come to some other reasonable and non-discriminatory arrangement with me before looking it up.

      Cheers.

      P.S., We have also filed to patent our innovative "Day" concept. We fully anticipate that this will be extremely valuable IP after the LHC muppets have changed their batteries and destroyed us all with their black hole.

    4. Re:Day of this, day of that... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought it was assumed that {INSERT_CURRENT_YEAR_HERE} was "Year of the Linux Desktop".

      Actually, that depends on your locale settings, particularly LANG and LC_TIME.

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    5. Re:Day of this, day of that... by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not at all. It was talk like a pirate on a linux desktop day!

  2. Interesting Idea... by blcamp · · Score: 3, Funny

    But I can't see this as any more useful than trying to get everyone to boycott gas stations for a day.

    Still, perhaps I can get a patent on this, before Jeff Bezos or some other bozo starts filling out those forms, yet again...

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  3. Awesome by JeremyBanks · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's also my birthday! Yay!

  4. My support by Dan+East · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am supporting this by not utilizing any patented items today. Well, except for this computer, its software, all the hardware and protocols between my computer and the Slashdot server, software running on the Slashdot server, the action of clicking a virtual button with a mouse to preview a information to be submitted to a server.

    Addendum: the clicking of a "Continue Editing" button to correct information that is to be submitted to a server after first previewing said information.

    Addendum: the clicking of a "Preview" button to preview newly edited information.

    Addendum: the clicking of a "Submit" button to send information to a server.

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  5. Arggg! by davidwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just last week we had talk like a software pirate day.

    Oh wait, that was the other kind of pirate.

    Nevermind.

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  6. Re:Patents and circles of knowledge by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    if no-one else has made that step then it isn't that obvious

    And assuming that the entirety of patents would contain all "steps" that have been made that can be patented, a step that has not yet been patented would be non-obvious, right?

  7. WTF? Are you missing fingers or something? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is the deal with all these base-7 solutions?

    When I was a kid, I had a friend who only had 7 fingers, but his hands were deformed. Is that the case with you "14 year limit" guys too?

  8. Or, better known as.... by n122vu · · Score: 4, Funny

    International Talk Like a Software Pirate Day....

  9. Re:Patents and circles of knowledge by Barsteward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Your sarcasm detector appears to be broken.

    i've got a patent on the sarcasm detector so he'll owe me if he uses it

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