EU Amends Software Patent Directive (Suggestions)

jopet writes "The EU has amended its draft proposal for a directive on how to handle patents on "computer-implemented inventions'. Several harsh points have been dropped and clarifications on what is patentable at all have been added. Good to see that protests and petitions can make a difference." YHBT. These are the suggestions from June.

Good news!

[TwistedSquare]

At last - some good news regarding patents appears on slashdot. A step in the right direction at least for the EU...

Too bad

[Tirel]

that they only changed the wording a bit with the central point staying the same.

Oh well.

Holy Crap!

[kurosawdust]

Linus and Alan Cox must've said something to light a fire under the EU's ass! Maybe they mentioned off-hand that they had been hanging out with ESR and were starting to take a "liking" to firearms... :P

Re:Lesser of two evils?

[azzy]

> Great, they've removed some of the harsher language.

Yes, they changed fucking software patents to software patents .

protests and petitions can make a difference?

[Joe Tie.]

Sorry to break the news to you, but it had nothing to do with these online protests and petitions. You see, a wandering hobo sold me a magic 'anti-patent legislation/anti-tiger/rain making' rock a couple days ago. I find this to be the more likley cause of not only these events, but the fact that the sun continues to come up, no tigers have appeared on my lawn, and that rain is forecasted in my area next week.

Re:Lesser of two evils?

[jez_f]

Still, at least it shows that MEPs *do* listen to their constituents

Once they recover from the shock of hearing from them that is.

You can't do that...

[soboroff]

The industry already has a patent on the power of suggestion.

"You are getting sleepier... you will believe dancing cleanroom guy when he says 2x GHz == 2x speed increase..."