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Bill: Ban Software Patents
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Market 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: December 2132
Description[?]:
| Patenting Software is crazy. We have to ban it. Patents on certain software elements is destroying middle size software companies in favour of big ones, its a monpoly creator. Its more than important in software to have certain equal parts. Patents on Software are no way comparable to Patents on the normal stuff (technology and so on...) |
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 | 10:04:05, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Free Market Party | To | Debating the Ban Software Patents |
| Message | ah voting stops any legislation? ban software patents again |
| Date | 11:04:38, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Vuloch Ca Korzia | To | Debating the Ban Software Patents |
| Message | Free the people! |
| Date | 13:49:22, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Social Libertarian party | To | Debating the Ban Software Patents |
| Message | What about copylefts? is there any option for that? |
| Date | 14:54:18, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Free Market Party | To | Debating the Ban Software Patents |
| Message | no just those too... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 133 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 28 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "Proud Darnussians? Darnussian is an insult, nothing more! You should all try to be more like we are, the Narikatonites!" - Nikolai Shukanov, former Narikatonite politician |