The European Parliament voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to let software receive patent protection across the European Union.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/06/business/patents.php JFL On 6/27/05, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050621/tc_nm/eu_patenting_dc/nc:1817;_ylt=AiXJ8fmnqQfE8J01PIDpH0Kor7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl > Some of the world's top software houses breathed a sigh of relief on Monday > when a European Parliament committee watered down tough patenting proposals, > to the dismay of open-source supporters. > > The legislature's legal affairs committee agreed 16 to 10 to a > 'patentability of computer-implemented inventions' bill, which goes to the > full parliament in July. > > But the bill's sponsor in the legislature, French socialist Michel Rocard, > suffered a string of defeats as key changes were made to his text. > > Rocard wanted a narrow definition of what sort of inventions could be > patented, insisting that only a programmable piece of hardware could be > covered, such as ABS brakes on a car or an insulin pump. > > Data processing and other inventions that are more pure software based > should be excluded. > > "Software is nothing more than a collection of mathematical formulae," the > former French prime minister told a packed committee room. > > But changes won by center-right and liberal opponents pushed the bill closer > to a version adopted by the EU's 25 member states, which chose a far wider > scope for patenting. > > "It was a mixed result but it's clear that Rocard did not have a majority, > and he lost many important compromises," center-right member of the European > Parliament, Piia-Noora Kauppi, said afterward.................... > > > > > > **************** ***************************** > > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > > Tel: +256 77 972255 > > +256 71 221141 > > Fax: +256 31 262122 > > ***************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > -- JFL _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
