New Zealand gets rid of software patents

2 Comments

Joshua BowlingJun 17, 2013

I wonder how this has evolved in the time since May. Have it helped with the problems they thought it would? Is NZ a big enough player that it really matters?

Ruth DemuthJun 18, 2013

Who knows. Banning software patents outright is a pretty intense move. I mean...maybe some of them are OK? Or maybe they could have shorter terms or something. I liked Richard Stallman's idea about limiting their effects