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Bill: Software Patent Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Citizen's Power
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: June 2168
Description[?]:
| We at CP feel that software copyrights are some of the most idiotic inventions government has ever produced. Software patenting is like a carpenter patenting his style of hitting his hammer. These patents enable well-funded software giants to quash competition from upstart software developers. Not only is unfair, but it often leads to stagnation in software progress. To many basic forms of code have been fenced off, that developers can’t use this basic foundational code to make better programs. |
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 | 21:32:52, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Satanic Individualists Network (SIN) | To | Debating the Software Patent Reform Act |
| Message | We are about to agree with this bill. Software market need competition. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 425 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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