European Software Patents Not Dead Yet

Ensign Nemo writes "Software patents in Europe still being pushed. They're at it again and they're not waisting any time. Even though opposition is there the backers of software patents are getting sneakier and sneakier." Poland, if you help us out again, I pledge to never, ever forget you.

Oops.

[Anonymous Coward]

They're at it again and they're not waisting any time.

Would you say they're throwing there weight around?

Should I....

[Azh Nazg]

Should I interpret this as "European Software Patents 'Not Dead Yet'"?

Re:Oops.

[Anonymous Coward]

Weight, theirs a eror n Slahsdot?

I'm still waiting...

[Anonymous Coward]

er, "wating" for confirmation from Netcraft.

In Europe, Only Old People Support Software Patent

[XChilde]

:-)
Is it true?

Re:Not to be pedantic, but..

[gardyloo]

[...]the impact of denying access to techniques and logarithms effectively shuts out competition[...]

Ah, yes, the old "don't let them look up logarithms in a table" trick.

Re:Valid point, however....

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to patent/copyright the correct spelling of words in the English language. At least no one on /. will be able to sue me then.

Sheesh. Give me a damn address and I'll send you a dictionary, for fuck's sake.

Reminds me of a joke

[coaxial]

Q: How many polocks does it take to stop software patents from being created in Europe?
A: A simple majority.

Wait. That's not funny.

Re:Why not be pedantic?

[excessive]

So, does are you saying that the telephone was discovered or that America was invented...?