Submission + - New Zealand bows in on software patents (nbr.co.nz)
An anonymous reader writes: New Zealand is a fierce defender against the patenting of software but the state now may trade that democratic decision away in the Transatlantic Partnership Agreement.
A pending international trade treaty could override a recent New Zealand law change that excluded software from patent protection.
Software patents are considered an insult to programmers and strongly debated in multiple nations. Pressure groups like the FFII and NZOSS defend the freedom to program and the use of patent-unencumbered standards