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Posted by Loco on Thu Jul 7th at 9:07am 2005

Just found this, which you guys might be interested in. Looks like the campaign at gimp.org worked.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4655955.stm




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Posted by RaPtoR on Thu Jul 7th at 1:49pm 2005

Yep, the capitalist lobbyist scum got pWnD!!!! VICTORY!



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Posted by ReNo on Thu Jul 7th at 2:16pm 2005

Very good news for the software industry, good stuff <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by French Toast on Thu Jul 7th at 2:48pm 2005

Now we have unprotected CAT scanning software.

Horrible...




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Posted by Forceflow on Thu Jul 7th at 2:53pm 2005

woojay


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Posted by Crono on Thu Jul 7th at 11:53pm 2005

Do you have any idea how many times the EU has thrown this out? I think the one they proposed about six months ago was the fifth or sixth one. And they said they'd pass a bill if they all weren't made to protect company hording, which is really all a software patent can do, since they proved software is copyrightable. It is pretty bizarre to patent software (it basically says that no one else has the right to replicate your software, doesn't say anything about protecting your rights though) And when it comes to things like this, if you're actually just looking for a way for your own survival, all you'd need is copyrights.

I like to think that America helped in showing how not to go about patent work. Your welcome.


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