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Bill: Software patents
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Raging Bull Zealots of Zidine
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: September 2146
Description[?]:
| Techniques are products of the mind like any other, and should be protected as such. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:51:19, November 25, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Software patents |
| Message | Eh... there's some sort of argument against this, but we don't remember it, so sure. We like protecting intellectual property. |
| Date | 19:27:33, November 25, 2005 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Software patents |
| Message | I think the the argument is open source and a monopoly over lines of code. |
| Date | 08:34:19, November 26, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Software patents |
| Message | Something like that, yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 217 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 83 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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