Software will not be patentable in New Zealand
"Commerce Minister Craig <i>Foss</i> said today that following industry consultation he had decided to remove the patentability of software from the Patents Bill, which is currently before Parliament."<p>If anyone is going to support Free and Open Source Software, it's going to be a guy named Foss.<p>The government asked its citizens their thoughts "a recent poll of more than 1000 Kiwi IT professionals found 94 per cent wanted to see software patents gone." -- As overwhelming as 94% is, I wonder the motivations of the last 6%.<p>The U.S. is in software patents so deep, the only way I can see it changing is watching other countries move faster without the drain on innovation and the need to pay lawyers when you code.