ZDNet: Patent Absurdity

“Next month, the European Parliament will vote on the vital
question of whether to allow patents covering software, which would
restrict every computer user and tie software developers up in
knots.

“Many politicians may be voting blindly–not being programmers,
they don’t understand what software patents do. They often think
patents are similar to copyright law (except for some details),
which is not the case…”

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