Wow; go New Zealand. First the sanity with due process in the Kim Dotcom case, and now this.
Flipside: GCSB bill.
And asset sales, and the search and surveillance act, and...
New Zealand bans some software patents
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Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#32Not so fast. Spin doctoring is no substitute for substance. As Caesar used to say, "fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt" (people are ready to believe what they want to be the case). The fact of the matter is that New Zealand has passed a law with some restrictive language, but this is far from abolition. Broad swaths of software patents can still be granted. Here's my more detailed take on it: http://www.fos…
The rationale here was that they still wanted to allow patents of machines and devices and they had to draw the line somewhere since software these days is embedded in almost everything. I think New Zealand has a very good set of laws in place and has shown remarkable courage to pass this anti-software-patent legislation. Unfortunately, their legislation to support government surveillance and software backdoors is really terrible.
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#33Not so fast. Spin doctoring is no substitute for substance. As Caesar used to say, "fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt" (people are ready to believe what they want to be the case). The fact of the matter is that New Zealand has passed a law with some restrictive language, but this is far from abolition. Broad swaths of software patents can still be granted. Here's my more detailed take on it: http://www.fos…
Are you still getting paid by Oracle?
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#34Are there any good articles about how people in countries which allow software patents can benefit from this New Zealand body of law, such as incorporating as a New Zealand company and avoiding US jurisdiction for patent lawsuits?
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#35Not so fast. Spin doctoring is no substitute for substance. As Caesar used to say, "fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt" (people are ready to believe what they want to be the case). The fact of the matter is that New Zealand has passed a law with some restrictive language, but this is far from abolition. Broad swaths of software patents can still be granted. Here's my more detailed take on it: http://www.fos…
Are you still getting paid by Oracle?
Is that relevant to the merits of his argument?
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#36Good news. NZ is already in the top-5 economically free countries while still maintaining a respectable social safety. And a couple SaaS heavyweights. Plus, no snakes. http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
The top 2 free-est counties on that list are run by generally benevolent but completely autocratic governments.
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#37Good news. NZ is already in the top-5 economically free countries while still maintaining a respectable social safety. And a couple SaaS heavyweights. Plus, no snakes. http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
The top 2 free-est counties on that list are run by generally benevolent but completely autocratic governments.
But NZ is not. That's why it's appealing. Seems like a very sensible place to me.
Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#38US has banned 'software patents' long time ago. However, you can still patent a software being performed by a processor or computer, which then becomes 'hardware'. NZ has now caught up with US. It is not what you think it is.
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#39Re: New Zealand bans some software patents
#40Not so fast. Spin doctoring is no substitute for substance. As Caesar used to say, "fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt" (people are ready to believe what they want to be the case). The fact of the matter is that New Zealand has passed a law with some restrictive language, but this is far from abolition. Broad swaths of software patents can still be granted. Here's my more detailed take on it: http://www.fos…
Are you still getting paid by Oracle?
As if Oracle has a history in doing anything at all clever or interesting....