[wellylug] NZ Software Patents

[John Durham]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I've forwarded an email from the NZOSS list about the government's plan
> to legalise software patents.
> 
> I'm sure all of you are familiar with the amount of abuse done using
> software patents overseas (Amazon's 1-click comes to mind) as well as
> the risk of large monopolies such as Microsoft making patents designed
> to prevent OSS applications from fairly competing.
> 
> See the attached email for details, and I suggest that you take the time
> to make a submission - as the owner of a software development company,
> it's certainly a big worry for me!
> 
> 
> regards,
> jethro
> 
> 
> 
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Excuse me for commenting here. As a past writer of software and holder 
of patents, it was always my understanding that software is a 'written 
work'. As such in the past it has been subject to copy write law. Nobody 
could sell your work without permission from the writer, or claim it as 
their own after the fact unless the 'writer' had wrongfully claimed 
authorship.
How has this changed (suddenly)?

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