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New Zealand ponders software patent ban
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/04/07/new-zealand-ponders-software-patent-ban/
NZOSS expects powerful opposition to patent reform
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| The New Zealand Open Source Society is
| expecting powerful interests to bring pressure
| on the government to reverse plans to exclude
| software from patent protection in New
| Zealand.
|
| In a post on the NZOSS website yesterday, vice
| president Peter Harrison applauded the
| Commerce Select Committee's recommendation to
| exclude software from patent protection and
| responded to critics of the proposal.
|
| "In all honesty it was very unexpected that we
| would be able to change the direction of this
| legislation. That we have put forward a
| argument that was sufficiently compelling
| means our hard work over the last several
| years has indeed born fruit," Harrison says.
|
| [...]
|
| In response, Harrison says many members who
| also develop proprietary software support the
| exclusion and patents are harmful to all
| software development houses.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/development/nzoss-expects-powerful-opposition-to-patent-reform
Response to Software Exception in Patent Bill
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| Law firms that supported continued software
| patents have published critiques of the
| arguments put forward by those who opposed
| software patents and asked for an exclusion to
| be added to the Patent Bill. In this article
| Peter Harrison, vice President of the NZOSS
| responds.
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http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2010/response-software-exception-patent-bill
Recent:
New Zealand govt against software patents!
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| Substantial credit is due to the people in
| NZ that submitted letters making the case
| against software patents:
|
| * Egressive Limited
| * The New Zealand Open Source Society
| * InternetNZ
| * Guy Burgess
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http://news.swpat.org/2010/03/new-zealand-govt-against-software-patents/
Select Committee Reports On New Patents Bill In New Zealand
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=2b9e677a-2062-4529-9724-399d0fb57885
New Zealand Politicians Want To Explicitly Outlaw Software Patents
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| As we wait for the Bilski ruling in the US
| (which my gut feeling tells me will have
| the Supreme Court totally punt on the issue
| of software patents), it seems like
| politicians down in New Zealand have
| figured out that software patents are a
| real problem.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100330/1852558798.shtml
New Zealand Legislators Say Software should be Inpatentable
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| New Zealand legislators have proposed a
| bill which would make it impossible to
| patent software. The bill, which is going
| through the process for patent reform,
| clearly indicates that software should not
| be patentable.
|
| If this bill becomes a law, then it will
| create friction with US ACTA negotiators,
| who about to make software patents standard
| internationally.
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http://topnews.us/content/214985-new-zealand-legislators-say-software-should-be-inpatentable
New Zealand patent reform bill says no to software patents
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| New Zealand's parliament is preparing to
| vote on a major patent reform bill that
| will tighten the country's standards of
| patentability. One of the most significant
| changes in the proposed bill is a specific
| patentability exclusion for software. If
| the bill receives parliamentary approval in
| its current form, it will broadly eliminate
| conventional software patents in New
| Zealand.
|
| The bill was drafted by the Select Commerce
| Committee, which decided to include the
| exclusion after reviewing feedback from the
| software industry. The bill's official
| summary acknowledges that software patents
| are detrimental to the open source software
| development model and have the potential to
| seriously stifle innovation.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/new-zealand-patent-reform-bill-says-no-to-software-patents.ars
New Zealand legislators want to outlaw software patents
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| As part of an effort to update patent law,
| New Zealand legislators have proposed a
| bill which would make it impossible to
| patent software. If it becomes law it would
| no doubt cause friction with US ACTA
| negotiators, who are pushing to make
| software patents standard internationally.
|
| Currently they are recognized in just a few
| countries, including the US and Japan.
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http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/04/01/new_zealand_legislators_want_to_outlaw_software_patents
New approach sought with open source desktops
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| Horizons Regional Council "would be remiss
| not to investigate alternatives" to
| Microsoft on the desktop, as it has a
| responsibility to the ratepayers that fund
| it to spend their money wisely, says
| William Gordon, IT team leader at the
| council.
|
| Horizons, covering a large area of the mid-
| North Island, has agreed to participate in
| the Public Sector Remix project, devised by
| the NZ Open Source Society.
|
| âWeâll be trialling the Ubuntu-based
| desktop devised for the Remix project,
| initially on six to eight PCs,â Gordon
| says.
|
| The council expects to start the trial
| within the next two months. There is no
| firm plan for project duration, but it will
| probably last between four and six weeks,
| he says. Horizons wants to have a month-end
| included in the test, to test the open
| source systemsâ ability to handle regular
| peaks in workload.
|
| The main driver for Horizons to consider
| open source was the failure of the
| governmentâs G2009 negotiations for bulk
| purchase of Microsoft software last year.
|
| âThat caused us to realise that we should
| be investigating alternatives for the next
| three-year cycle.â
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/New-approach-sought-with-open-source-desktops
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