On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan<[email protected]> wrote: > I am all for software patents being addressed firmly within FOSSCOMM's > ambit. If FOSSCOMM has to be the voice of the FOSS community in India, > it has to address those issues that are vital to its survival and > growth. Software patents is one such critical issue. I am least > worried about a Common Minimum Program at this point in time. (Please, > please don't consider this as criticism of the CMP idea.) The FOSS > community has grown phenomenally over the years and will continue to > grow. However, we need to vigorously address issues like software > patents and open standards because these are decisive battles that lie > at the heart of creating an inclusive digital society. Our vision of > the digital society is of an open and inclusive one, while the > proprietary vendors want a closed, monopolistic vision to prevail. > FOSSCOMM should lead and fight these battles. I really don't want to > see our focus diluted for the sake of bringing more players under this > umbrella. >
+1 We are indeed going in circles. In an earlier mail on 30th June I made a point that we cannot go against the zeroth principle. Since of you joined late, please follow the mail, and the thread from the archives. http://lists.fosscom.in/pipermail/network-fosscom.in/2009-June/000269.html -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/ _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
