On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 12:36:24PM +0200, Alex wrote:
But don't think that we are now completely
saven from this point. I can
imagine, that all pro-patents lobbyistsdon't give up at this point. We
will surely hear in future from the 'bigs' again.
Of course, but we've won a battle anyway. The war certainly ain't over
just yet.
For those who didn't hear it yet: the directive on software patents
was rejected!
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61446
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-669825@51-658040,0.html
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,363904,00.html
Indeed a little victorious battle in a very large "war" ! Because now the
EPO can do as it did before and accept software patents in masses and for
every single case the local court have to decide ... Not so bright a
future it is .
Greetings, Eric
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