It seems the New Zealand governments would like to promote innovation and not restriction. See this news:
New Zealand has finally passed a new Patents Bill<http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/legislation/bills/00DBHOH_BILL8651_1/patents-bill>that will effectively outlaw software patents after five years of debate, delay, and intense lobbying from multinational software vendors. Aptly named Commerce Minister Craig Foss welcomed the modernisation of the patents law, saying it marked a "significant step towards driving innovation in New Zealand". "By clarifying the definition of what can be patented, we are giving New Zealand businesses more flexibility to adapt and improve existing inventions, while continuing to protect genuine innovations," Foss said. Read the whole news here: http://www.zdnet.com/new-zealand-bans-software-patents-7000019955/ May more countries emulate them! Regards, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ilug-tvm+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
