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Bill: Software Patents
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Conservative 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: July 2198
Description[?]:
| If someone works to make software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms, their creations should not be stolen. Designing software takes as much work as any other patent. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:47:08, March 09, 2006 CET | From |  Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | Software takes as much blood and sweat as a mechanical invention. We would know (I take a class in school). |
| Date | 20:56:48, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Conservative People's Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | We agree with this point of view and will support this motion. |
| Date | 21:29:50, March 10, 2006 CET | From | United Worker's Party | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | we support this one, start the vote |
| Date | 22:05:40, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | Will this bill prevent Jelbania from being as "open source" culture? What are the pros and cons of software patenting? |
| Date | 22:22:42, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | The pro is that no one will have their work stolen. The "little guy" will have a chance to produce a product before the bigger companies get it. I do not see any cons in this. |
| Date | 17:22:26, March 11, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Software Patents |
| Message | OK, we'll go along with this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 177 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 324 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life brand names (eg. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Microsoft). However, in the case of military equipment brand names it is permitted to use simple number-letter combinations (eg. T-90 and F-22) borrowed from real life, and also simple generic names, like those of animals (eg. Leopard and Jaguar). |
| Random quote: "Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary." - Robert Louis Stevenson |