Well not exactly a No to patents (Score 1)

... because it's only a No to the proposed legislation. Even MEPs who favour software patents voted No, because they prefered to have no directive instead of one that restricts patentability. Unfortunately software patents do exist in Europe (more than 30000) and they can be used to menace IT companies, as there is always the risk that a judge interprets the patent law the same way as the patent offices who granted the patents. So the discussion is not over yet. Probably it will go on in the European Patent Office, controlled by 30 governments.