On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
|| On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:13:22 +0200 (CEST) || Alexandre Dulaunoy alex@conostix.com wrote:
ad> Is it an official statement for the German Government ?
It is a statement by the BMJ (German Ministry of Justice).
Other ministries are against software patents, others are undecided.
We're currently busy talking to the responsible people and try to make sure the "official governmental position" will be against software patents.
Regards, Georg
The classical issue and the battle between ministries in the same country. The problem is that software patent is touching multiple area :
- Ministry of Economy
"Bad" point of view : The economy of a country via patents.
"Good" point of view : Small country can't compete with software patents and/or we are not a "productor" of software like the US.
- Ministry of Justice
"Bad" point of view : legal framework is necessary (following WTO-WIPO-TRIPS agreement)
"Good" point of view : legal framework difficult to apply as a country with some pression from big ones
- Ministry of Industry
"Bad" point of view : thinking in the old fashion : "Ah patents like the ones for the industrial processes,ok ... no probs"
"Good" point of view same~ as Ministry of Economy (young company...), impossible to create innovation
- Ministry of Scientific Research (Education)
"Bad" point of view : This could be a method for financing the research/education sector
"Good" point of view : No research is possible in Computer Science with software patents
Maybe we could add the ministry of social affair ? But with I see only a good point of view ;-)
Just some comment, I got when I talk against Software Patents.
comments ? ideas ?
adulau
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