Help stop European software patents

I believe that software patents are unnecessary, and mostly a means to allow large companies with lots of cash to stop anyone else from doing things so obvious that the smaller businesses, intent on their line of business, have been doing for years, and would never imagine should be patented.

At present, to the best of my understanding, pure software patents have no legal force in theory, but courts in the EU have supported tham. The EU parliament has soundly rejected software patents on the last occasion that the EU commission tried to get them into law, but they have not stopped trying.

If think you might agree, please read the info on the petition page, and sign if you do agree.