NZOss: Submission on Software Patents http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166883/nzoss:submission-on-software-patents Posts in the discussion thread "NZOss: Submission on Software Patents" - We wish to protect the democratic right of all people to express themselves freely. For software developers writing software is a form of creative expression. In the Open Source domain it is also a public service, providing value to the entire community. In order to better understand the impact of software patents on software developers let us consider the possibility of a similar situation that book authors would have if writing styles or plots could be patented. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166883#post-525281 NZOss: Submission on Software Patents http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-166883/nzoss:submission-on-software-patents#post-525281 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:54:08 +0000 zoobab 2946 "We wish to protect the democratic right of all people to express themselves freely. For software developers writing software is a form of creative expression. In the Open Source domain it is also a public service, providing value to the entire community. In order to better understand the impact of software patents on software developers let us consider the possibility of a similar situation that book authors would have if writing styles or plots could be patented."

Source: http://nzoss.org.nz/system/files/PatentBillSubmission.pdf

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