On Tuesday 17 Jun 2008 07:05, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> hi,
>
> we would appreciate comments and feedback on this:
>
> http://nrcfosshelpline.in/playing/
"Hence, even though the Standards adopted by a country should be
aligned to the international standards but they need to be adapted
for local requirements and should ensure that there are no unfair
royalty payments made."
Fair and unfair are very subject. If a piece of technology is required
to implement a standard it must automatically be free of cost and IPR
encumbrances. Such technology will automatically be allowed to
propagate without any attached IPR.
"Even if its made open, it cannot be used to create a competing
solution because of the size of the standard."
Wrong focus.
"6.7. Security
Black box proprietary software makes the detection of viruses
in code impossible. There have been instances where the privacy of
the users has been compromised while using proprietary softwares. The
case where Australian agency pushed hacker code into mostly used
proprietary software is an example of this."
Should read
"Black box proprietary software makes detection of malicious code
impossible.There have been instances where the privacy of the users
has been compromised while using proprietary softwares. The case
where Australian agency pushed malicious code into mostly used
proprietary software is an example of this."
"9. Purpose of a Standard
14.10.2. Desirable Characteristics of Open Standards
4. Open Standard shall make specification documents available
freely or at a nominal small charge."
Should be changed to
4. Open Standard shall make specification documents available freely
from a public accessible website or at a nominal small charge in the
case of hard copies.
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JTD
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