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Bill: Open source act, 2198

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Submitted by^[?]: KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti

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: November 2199

Description^[?]:

A formula is heraldy of humanity, not a profit thing.

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.

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	14:40:45, March 13, 2006 CET
From	Klassiskt Liberala Partiet
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	humanity is too stupid for formulae

Date	19:33:45, March 13, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	This is why clever people want to share their works.

Date	19:37:10, March 13, 2006 CET
From	Klassiskt Liberala Partiet
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	If they want to share it, fine. noone forces them to patent it.

Date	19:40:33, March 13, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	Software houses, where they work?

Date	19:42:00, March 13, 2006 CET
From	Klassiskt Liberala Partiet
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	you mean the guys that pay clever people to research something?

Date	19:46:06, March 13, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	No, we means corporation that want to have patents about thing that can't be patented, because they are used by all persons.

Date	19:50:24, March 13, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	thank you for the correction

Date	19:52:40, March 13, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	It was only 1 message of corrections, then correction :p

Date	02:55:43, March 14, 2006 CET
From	Black Magic
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	Patents should only be effective for a limited time - say twenty years, although different areas of intellectual property require different lengths of time - but they permit the little company or individual to develop an idea on their own terms. Patents that are not used should expire sooner. You invent a new battery that is powerful enough to run an automobile at highway speeds for a thousand kilometers and weighs only 100 kg. What is to stop Volvo, Mercedes, Ford, Toyota from making millions of dollars with your idea while you are left shivering in your garage laboratory (working on tires that never wear out and still have excellent traction)? A patent. Or a new compression method that doubles the speed of the internet without changing the infrastructure? What protects you from Microsoft, the phone companies - the defense industry? A patent.

Date	02:56:58, March 14, 2006 CET
From	Black Magic
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	What I'm trying to say is that the large organizations, government or private, will profit - so it IS a profit thing.

Date	11:15:15, March 14, 2006 CET
From	KSP - Kazulia Socialdemokratisk Parti
To	Debating the Open source act, 2198
Message	We are talking about algorithms, that are not what MS makes. It makes implementations of algorithms, and this law not remove this aspects.

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yes

Total Seats: 38

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abstain

Total Seats: 9

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