EU Says No To Software Patents 525
Moggie68 writes "European parliament has . struck down the proposal for a directive that would have brought US-style software patents into EU." Here's another story on the decision.
Hackers of the world, unite!
The score (Score:5, Funny)
PWNED!!!
Re:It's possible that certain types of patents are (Score:1, Funny)
More proof that the people making the decisions don't know what they are doing. Software is not a derivative of a mathmatical formula. This isn't 1940 where computers are simply solving math problems.
Software development and mathematics diverged a long time ago. They have virtually nothing in common anymore.
Re:Well done!! (Score:1, Funny)
For the time being I can rest assured that working as a programmer I do not have to watch my every statement.
Really? I won't be buying your code then.
Re:Heh... everybody wins! (Score:1, Funny)
A sad day for innovation, indeed (Score:3, Funny)
Holy crap! Does it mean companies will have to be satisfied with EU-wide patent protection only for computerized inventions ranging from complex CAT scanners to ABS car-brake systems instead? Now that seems like a real threat to European innovation; these companies will surely fall victims to foreign competitors selling computerized ABS car-brake systems involving no hardware components at all...
Re:Next: the US (Score:2, Funny)
NOOooooooo (Score:2, Funny)
Curses! Foiled again! (Score:5, Funny)
So close! We almost had them!
Re:Not quite (Score:3, Funny)