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Bill: Software Patent Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Socialist 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: April 3637
Description[?]:
| Bill to ban those stupid software patents. |
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 | 16:38:31, March 14, 2014 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Software Patent Act |
| Message | And if you do so, where is the incentive to create software which can be stolen as soon as it is released? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 131 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 94 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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