Sept 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @11:57PM 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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Re:Day of this, day of that... by BadAnalogyGuy · 2008-09-24 00:11 · 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.
Re:Day of this, day of that... by 4D6963 · 2008-09-24 00:11 · Score: 4, Funny

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

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Or, better known as.... by n122vu · 2008-09-24 01:50 · Score: 4, Funny

International Talk Like a Software Pirate Day....