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(** Also mention with quotes, half-way down: [http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/software/31431.html Scientists Rap Directive])
(→‎External links: * {{translate fr|url=http://eupat.ffii.org/journal/03/epet0929/aigrain/index.fr.html|title=Letter from 33 scientists against software patents}} ** Reports: [http://news.cnet.com/2)
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* [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/02/32&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN;&guiLanguage=en A 2002 FAQ published by the European Parliament about the directive]
 
* [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/02/32&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN;&guiLanguage=en A 2002 FAQ published by the European Parliament about the directive]
 
* [http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Software_patents_directive_1st_reading Political memory - record of who voted how in the 1st reading, September 2003]
 
* [http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Software_patents_directive_1st_reading Political memory - record of who voted how in the 1st reading, September 2003]
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* [http://news.cnet.com/2102-1012_3-998547.html?tag=ni_print 31 scientists sign anti-swpat letter] (where's the actual letter??)
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* {{translate fr|url=http://eupat.ffii.org/journal/03/epet0929/aigrain/index.fr.html|title=Letter from 33 scientists against software patents}}
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** Also mention with quotes, half-way down: [http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/software/31431.html Scientists Rap Directive]
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** Reports: [http://news.cnet.com/2102-1012_3-998547.html?tag=ni_print cnet], [http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/software/31431.html ecommercetimes]
 
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1162209 Conflicts About Intellectual Property Claims: The Role and Function of Collective Action Networks] - a paper about the lobbying on this directive
 
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1162209 Conflicts About Intellectual Property Claims: The Role and Function of Collective Action Networks] - a paper about the lobbying on this directive
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions Wikipedia: Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions Wikipedia: Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]

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The EU software patents directive was a proposal by the European Commission to allow the patenting of software ideas in the European Union. The proposal was the subject of intense public debate and lobbying and was eventually rejected by the European Parliament in 2005 by a massive majority.

The proposal

The European Patent Office (EPO) had already been granting software patents, despite "programs for computers" being excluded from patentability in the European Patent Convention. The European Commission's proposed legislation would have replaced the European Patent Convention with a directive which copied EPO practice. The European Commission and pro-software-patent lobby groups claimed that this was simple "harmonisation".

Timeline

Amendments

List of letters written to MEPs

(This list will be very long when completed, so will probably be split off into its own page.)

Who was involved

Organisations active against software patents

Organisations active for software patents

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

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