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Bill: CP.0006.2521 Computer Code Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
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: November 2522
Description[?]:
| Article 1: Software should be freely created without government intervention. Government regulation of closed source code infringes on the rights of software developers. Article 2: Intellectual property rights of both open and closed sourced software should be protected through patents if the developer chooses so. A patent has a life-span and the technology will be freely available after a certain period of time. The current regulation is automatically stealing from the creator whereas the new regulation gives the creator a choice. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Current: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Proposed: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:46:16, January 24, 2008 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the CP.0006.2521 Computer Code Protection Act |
| Message | Software is nothing but lines of code, and is thusly not physical property, therefore we do not see a reason that it should be patentable. We are against both proposals. |
| Date | 23:33:23, January 24, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CP.0006.2521 Computer Code Protection Act |
| Message | DSP, software is an intellectual property right, not a physical property right. They work hand in hand but are two different categories of property rights. This bill addresses the first. Software is a recipe of a product. Without it, the physical property can not exist unless it is not manufactured (e.g. handcraft). All manufacturing secrets, if code is open-sourced or not patented, can be replicated by another company without investment into the techniques or requiring permission and call it their own. The first gives the freedom of choice to the creator to decide whether they wish to share their code or not. The second allows those who choose closed-source software the means to go about protecting what they created. The CP does not support pillaging and thieving of something that belongs to someone else. That's criminal. |
| Date | 23:36:34, January 24, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the CP.0006.2521 Computer Code Protection Act |
| Message | We support this bill, current settings restrict our citizens rights too much. |
| Date | 03:10:32, January 25, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the CP.0006.2521 Computer Code Protection Act |
| Message | No. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 459 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 275 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 16 |
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