Oh, someone pointed out that the name of the minister interviewed in that article is Chris Foss. Awesome!
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Matt Giuca <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, good show. Gay marriage and software patents in one month. > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Alex Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It seems that our New Zealand friends have had some success in they battle >> against software patents: >> >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/new-zealand-drops-ability-to-patent-software-7000015109/ >> >> Actually I thought they were already at this point, but I guess there was >> still some uncertaintly around it. >> >> The fact that software alone is now unpatentable in nz is great, but I >> still wonder about the details. Surely all software just makes the >> hardware >> it runs on perform its function better? It will be interesting to watch >> the >> first court cases. >> >> So New Zealand have beaten us once again! >> >> Alex >> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> >> Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ >> > > _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
