-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> wrote:
> We expect Congress will also Support Free Software and Open Standards > and all parties will reach at a common position on supporting Free > Software > > A lot of positive steps are happened during UPA regime > > 1. Knowledge Commission report endorsing Free Software ( Now they have > to take t to Policy) > 2. 11th 5 year plan says FOSS is the only way to move forward to > increase Computer penetration in india from 1% of population to 5 % > percent > 3. National Draft Policy on Open standards ( They have to Mandate it now) > > Negative : Draft Patent manual that tried to introduce software > patents that will have a serious negative impact on small and medium > software enterprenures in the country > See http://www.countercurrents.org/karun020109.htm The Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006 passed by the Indian Parliament is a very negative thing. “The Protection and Utilisation of Publicly Funded Intellectual Property Bill, 2008”.- the implications are far more serious ...esp for Research and Development in all sectors. See http://pd.cpim.org/2009/0222_pd/02222009_10.htm Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknCW5oACgkQunMISzvdfU4YoQCgiGekYx2DQDYy26j7XMxxGZCj r+kAoJHgHzp28VuoefryN6j0HZ18dwvn =Jvso -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
