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Bill: Technological Advancment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Technocractic Party of Barmenia
Status[?]: defeated
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: February 2613
Description[?]:
| For devoloping our place in the digital age. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: The cloning of human beings is illegal.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Article 2
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 allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government requires that all source be opened.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:55:24, July 28, 2008 CET | From |  WDFT Party | To | Debating the Technological Advancment Act |
| Message | WDFT thinks, that cloning is inhuman. and copyrights are helping development, taking them away would crash business in hi-tech sector |
| Date | 18:12:25, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Technocractic Party of Barmenia | To | Debating the Technological Advancment Act |
| Message | Copyright hinders development. Removing it allows all to access, develop and improve source. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 255 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 45 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats." - Woody Allen, on the Ku Klux Klan |