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Bill: Software Patenting
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Worker's 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: June 2067
Description[?]:
| Software designs etc should be allowed to be patented. |
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 | 22:57:33, June 15, 2005 CET | From |  Dorvik Social Democrats | To | Debating the Software Patenting |
| Message | Hell no! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 30 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 21 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 49 |
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