Subj : Re: Software Patents
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Sat Jul 09 2005 02:59 pm

In article <1nxpgp3ata76u.1ufy6g8f26z92.dlg@40tude.net>,=20
mvondung@gmail.com says...
> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:58:58 +0200, Heinz-J=FCrgen Oertel wrote:
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> > It was a community of programmers, company owners, and with the help of=
 very
> > courageous fellows to make it happen.
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> Now if it is also decided that US software patents are not recognised in
> Europe, *then* this will be a sweeping victory. How will these be handled=
?

As far as I can see, all that was decided was that the European=20
parliament will not at this time force member states to recognise=20
software patents.

- Gerry Quinn=20

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