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Really, sign this petition

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If in doubt, just check out some of these European software patents;

  1. Webshop: Selling things over a network using a server, client and payment processor, or using a client and a server – EP803105, EP738446, EP1016014
  2. Order by cell phone: Selling over a mobile phone network – EP1090494
  3. Shopping cart: Electronic shopping cart – EP807891
  4. Adapt pages: Generate different web page depending on detected device – EP1320972
  5. Related results: Show related results if customer likes the current ones – EP628919

So stop coding that fancy webapp now and go sign that petition!

Written by frank

January 26th, 2009 at 4:12 pm