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____/ High Plains Thumper on Thursday 01 Apr 2010 06:55 : \____
> Rick wrote:
>> Fritz Wuehler wrote:
>>
>>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/thumbs-down-for-software-patents-in-nz
>>>
>>> The EU, one of the largest trading blocks in the world, already has
>>> laws that explicitly forbid software patents. Now New Zealand has
>>> stepped up to ban software patents forever, influenced by
>>> commentaries by open-source advocates.
>>>
>>> Who's next? China? India?
>>
>> .. hopefully the list will grow.
>
> I don't see it happening to litigious US society, soon, unfortunately.
It's easier for software monopolists to subvert their own country's law.
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