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Bill: Free Software Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Vorona
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: January 4358
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to restrict the abuses of copyright law on any kind of software design or algorithm in order to ensure the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study or modify how the program works, to redistribute and to improve the program. A free software will be the key to the flourishing of initiative and creativity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government has no stance on the source code of software.
Current: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government requires that all source be opened.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:58:00, January 03, 2018 CET | From | Freedom and Liberty Party of Vorona | To | Debating the Free Software Act |
| Message | Our Party will not support this bill |
| Date | 07:45:46, January 14, 2018 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Free Software Act |
| Message | The Labour Party will support this bill. |
| Date | 23:33:53, March 03, 2018 CET | From | Trade Union and Socialist Coalition | To | Debating the Free Software Act |
| Message | We support this idea |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 376 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 374 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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