[Linux-aus] Software patents: Munich has put Linux project on hold!

[Anthony Towns]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 07:52:41AM +1000, Arjen Lentz wrote:
>  - software patents come into force in AU through the FTA, and

Uh, .au already has software patents.

] Australia's position sits somewhere in between the two
] extremes. Australia's patent registry does not have a record of
] granting so many dubious patent rights as its American counterpart,
] and no high-profile software patents that have been granted have been
] successfully challenged.

 -- _The Real Deal on Software Patents_, Jeremy Malcolm
    http://www.ilaw.com.au/public/patentsarticle.html

The indication from the parliamentary ctte inquiries is that this position
isn't going to change.

Cheers,
aj

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