NZ Draft Bill Rules Out Software Patents

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @09:12PM from the plus-it's-beautiful-there dept.

Korgan writes "In what must be a first in the face of ACTA and US trade negotiations pressure, a Parliamentary select committee has released a draft bill that explicitly declares that software will no longer be patentable in New Zealand. FTA: 'Open source software champions have been influential in excluding software from the scope of patents in the new Patents Bill. Clause 15 of the draft Bill, as reported back from the Commerce Select Committee, lists a number of classes of invention which should not be patentable and includes the sub-clause "a computer program is not a patentable invention."'"

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Finally! by WrongSizeGlass · 2010-03-30 21:19 · Score: 2, Funny

I say we patent this type of solution and then release it under a [insert name of least controversial open source license here] license so it can spread like Gonorrhea throughout other governments.
Re:Hello@! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-31 02:14 · Score: 1, Funny

116th Post... from Invercargill!!!
Re:Keep up the pressure. by OglinTatas · 2010-03-31 03:34 · Score: 2, Funny

too much pressure and your draft comes out all foamy. I have found about 8 PSI gauge to be about right for cornelius kegs.

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