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Bill: Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partie Patriotique de Kanjor
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2498
Description[?]:
| It is inconceivable to patent such basic things as mathematical theorems and algorithms, which belong to the developer as much as gravity belongs to Newton. Furthermore we cannot afford to patent software because it would slow down research making impossible new innovation and would creating monopolies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:05:44, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Union Pour Un Movement Populaire | To | Debating the Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels |
| Message | Yes, but then what is to reward the hard work of the programmer who spends his or her time making complex programs and such? |
| Date | 05:08:37, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Union Pour Un Movement Populaire | To | Debating the Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels |
| Message | "It is inconceivable to patent such basic things as mathematical theorems and algorithms, which belong to the developer as much as gravity belongs to Newton." Which is why current law does not have it as such. |
| Date | 10:48:40, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Partie Patriotique de Kanjor | To | Debating the Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels |
| Message | The current law does not explicitly state but it does include it, otherwise why would the proposed law mention those things? Software already has the protection of our copyright laws so that those who author it may benefit, it does not need further protections. |
| Date | 18:46:15, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Union Pour Un Movement Populaire | To | Debating the Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels |
| Message | You are still screwing over the programmers. |
| Date | 19:52:51, December 09, 2007 CET | From | 2ème PPPP | To | Debating the Loi pour la Liberté des Logiciels |
| Message | Intelligent and inventive Kanjorans should be glad to share their inventions with all. More free knowledge is much more valuable than incentives and profit. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 165 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 85 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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