SPRING IS SAFE

BlackLiger · Post by **BlackLiger** » 06 Jul 2005, 18:02

The EU parliement voted decisively against allowing softwear to be patented. So Softwear is safe, and more paticuarly, open source like spring is safe :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4274811.stm

Whhhops. Old link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4655955.stm <- correct link

AF · Post by AF » 06 Jul 2005, 18:12

It's not software that threatens us, it's artwork, even if it is software, models and textures count as artwork, even though in an electronic form, and thus are subject to copyright laws.

Post by **jcnossen** » 06 Jul 2005, 18:30

it's a good thing nonetheless, extending software patents can only mean trouble like it is in the US. There microsoft actually has patents on things such as double-clicking or the "Is" operator.

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 07 Jul 2005, 00:00

Zaphod wrote:... or the "Is" operator.

You mean the ls command used in Linux/Unix to list directories?
If so, what a joke...

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 07 Jul 2005, 00:52

Europe>America

Ls is the linux directory listing thing

Post by **jcnossen** » 07 Jul 2005, 01:54

no the "Is" operator of visual basic, it checks whether two pointers (or objects in vb) are equal.

actually I could only find the IsNot operator patent, maybe I was wrong about Is. Though IsNot is still a lame patent IMO.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Par ... 0040230959

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 08 Jul 2005, 23:41

Zaphod wrote:no the "Is" operator of visual basic, ...

I wonder how stupid crappy fonts that have I (i) and l (L) look the same (as well as O and zero), ever got to become standards...

el_muchacho · Post by **el_muchacho** » 09 Jul 2005, 16:03

Yes, this vote of the EU Parliament is a victory of software developers over the greed of some minorities.

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