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The nature of softwareThe nature of softwarePosted Apr 13, 2004 4:10 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)Parent article: FFII release: EU Software patents
Software is text. Patenting software is patenting text (i.e. written down ideas). Next thing you know, we'll be issuing patents on books, legal proceedings and scientific papers. Complete nonsense! Please write to you local patent office and tell them you're against software patents. For people from Australia, you can get in contact with our national patent office here: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ Australian patent office not only allows patents on software, but also encourages people to "protect" their software by patenting it. They do this under the guise that software can be "manner of manufacture", as per Statute of Monopolies, written by Monarch of England in (no less!) 1624. Everyone that thinks The Monarch new what software was in 1624, please raise your hands...
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