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Bill: Software Patent Freedoms Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Party
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: March 4008
Description[?]:
| We, the Progressive Party, propose the following bill to put an end to pesky patents and allow people and companies the freedom to invent software without patents. Let the Mordusian technology sector boom. |
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:
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| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 77 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 313 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Lenin |