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Bill: Open Source Software
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzia Pirate 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: September 4289
Description[?]:
Bill to make it so any programmer can build upon existing software. The purpose is to make all software open source, so that it can be manipulated and changed to be made better, faster, more resource efficient. Programmers cannot do these things with patents legally guaranteeing them a monopoly on 1s and 0s! |
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 | 04:13:01, October 18, 2017 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the Open Source Software |
Message | since the parties supporting this bill voted against my cabinet, we will vote no. |
Date | 17:11:01, October 18, 2017 CET | From | Labour Republican Party(LRP) | To | Debating the Open Source Software |
Message | It looks like that the relationship between the NOU and BPP is coming to end. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 520 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 230 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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