EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger
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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a.QckuA8V3H8&refer=home[^] Everything will go on as it does today (every EU member country has its own laws about patents), there'll be no software patents in general. :) _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
Somehow, your subject line reminded me of the Deus Ex Machina from Revolutions. :rolleyes: BTW, good news. Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "I don't have time to read all that, but I do believe those stats to be ludicrous." — Stan Shannon.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
Vikram, Let us all bow down to your superior intellect and master spelling abilities. Could it be that I know the difference between "who's" and "whose" and made a mistake while writing fast and multi-tasking. You are an ass! Go screw your goat! Any mistakes here?
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
By the way I've never seen the contraction "who're" before. Maybe you were thinking of your mother when you invented that word. Look it up on dictionary.com if you need help. I can't stand people who correct other's grammar and then are foolish enough to make a mistake while doing so.
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Are you sure you're on topic? The directive that is likely to be cancelled today is only about patents on computer programs. _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
Absolutely - the patent in question was not a specific algorithm, but a style of writing code. It sounded to me like a design pattern more than anything. so imagine if a design pattern could be copyrighted, it would be the same as copyrighting the fact that petrol burns. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++