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Revision as of 08:31, 20 August 2009

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.

September 2003

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.)

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links