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<news date="2013-05-23">
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<title>FSFE in German Parliament Hearing about Software Patents</title>
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<body>
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<p>In April the German Parliament (the 'Bundestag') has introduced a <a
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href="http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/130/1713086.pdf">joint
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motion against software patents</a>. It urges the German government
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to take steps to limit the granting of patents on computer programs.
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After the first hearing in Parliament, Matthias Kirschner was invited
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for FSFE as external expert to the legal committee meeting on May 13th.
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FSFE published a <a
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href="http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a06/anhoerungen/archiv/47_Patentierung_von_Computerprogrammen/04_Stellungnahmen/Stellungnahme_Kirschner.pdf">written
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statement</a> and we <a
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href="http://wiki.fsfe.org/mk/BundestagAnhoerung2013SoftwarepatenteNotizen">published
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the notes of our oral presentation</a>. There will be a second
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meeting of a committee and afterwards on the 6th of June the Parliament
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will vote upon the motion.</p>
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</body>
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<link>https://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=1034</link>
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<tags>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag content="Software Patents">patents</tag>
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<tag>de</tag>
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</tags>
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</news>
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</newsset>
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