Hungarian Government promises Opposition to Software Patents

Today Imre Mécs (liberal MP) made an interpellation in the Hungarian Parliament about software patents. Dr. György Csepeli, State Secretary of the Informatics and Telecommunications Ministry, has said that they are against software patents. He also stated that they want Hungarian programmers to be software makers rather than serfs.

The Ministry of Prime Minister (which is another body within the Hungarian government with competence on informatics) is known to hold the same position on the issue.