EU Software Patents
Yay! The EU Parliment has Rejected Software Patents with a margin of 648 to 14 vote with 18 abstentions. Of course, Nokia and Siemens will probably push even harder for the bloody things, but at least it’s been put off for now :(.
Pullquote:
Many members of the European Parliament feared the bill would limit the development of new software in Europe, especially by small businesses. They also wanted more clarity on the criteria for what types of software could and could not be patented.
July 6th, 2005 at 2:37 pm
It is a battle won, but the war is yet to be completed. The directive needs to go through another review… great. With such a huge majority against Software Patents then it seems that the “Yes” camp have a long way to go to win.
Seems we have had a succesful day here in the UK, no Software Patents and the success of the Olympic Bid!