On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Nagarjuna G.<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 I agree 100 percent with your mail in the link above. I feel we should keep the CMP aside for the time being. Venky _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
