July 6, 200521 yr Huzzah and whatnot :D European politicians have thrown out a controversial bill that could have led to software being patented. The European Parliament voted 648 to 14 to reject the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive. The bill was reportedly rejected because, politicians said, it pleased no-one in its current form. Responding to the rejection the European Commission said it would not draw up or submit any more versions of the original proposal. Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4655955.stm Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12
July 6, 200521 yr doesnt affect me...being an american and all but....WOOHOO :D :DIt does affect you almost as much as it affects us. Software patents makes it harder to develop software for small companies which results in less quality software for everyone to use, no matter where you live.
July 7, 200521 yr doesnt affect me...being an american and all but....WOOHOO :D :DIt does affect you almost as much as it affects us. Software patents makes it harder to develop software for small companies which results in less quality software for everyone to use, no matter where you live. good point...blonde moment :wink:
July 20, 200521 yr OMG no! Man I'd be protesting as well if I had invented some amazing software like my father did (he spent years on it won't tell you what it is but it took him 5 years during retirement)
July 20, 200521 yr Author OMG no! Man I'd be protesting as well if I had invented some amazing software like my father did (he spent years on it won't tell you what it is but it took him 5 years during retirement) Software code is protected already by copyright. The problem with the software bill is that I would have enabled Microsoft to patent the GUI Operating System :-/ Maybe you should read up a bit more on the bill because i think you are a bit confused as to what it entails. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12
July 20, 200521 yr Ah, from what I can recall of the Bill, people only would've been able to pantent stuff which so far doesn't exist in ANY form what so ever. So the only thing people could patent would be things were aren't even remotely similar to ANYTHING in existance atm. And that isn't very much. Hell it'd be down to maybe half a dozen things which no one would care about it when you really thought about it :-?
July 21, 200521 yr So the only thing people could patent would be things were aren't even remotely similar to ANYTHING in existance atm. And that isn't very much. Hell it'd be down to maybe half a dozen things which no one would care about it when you really thought about it :-? sounds like a "there is no need for any individual to have a computer in their home" prediction
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