On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Linux Lingam <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:20 AM, satyaakam goswami <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Need to fight this ridiculous crap. > >> > >> > >> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property > >> > > > > no one seems to realize this is akin to accusing leading governments > of the world to be pirates themselves, > since many governments pay for contributing and developing FOSS, as > well as for its adoption. > someone please tell China this. > > hehehehe! > > this is the best way for the anti-FOSS groups to shoot themselves in the > foot. > nobody could have done it better. I have to agree with you Niyam. What IIPA is doing is conflating a competition issue (governments preferring open source) with an IP issue (by casting aspersions on the legality of open source). I was asked for a quote on this issue by Business Standard and I sent him the quote below. "Open Source licenses have been around for more than 20 years and have been widely accepted by industry and governments. Open source licenses use the framework of copyright law to enable the sharing of knowledge. These licenses encourage users to share, modify and improve the software in a legal manner. For users who are caught between high license fees and piracy, open source offers a third alternative whereby the software is available without license fees and users pay only for the value-added services like support, customization and training that they really need." I am not sure if this quote was used by Business Standard. Venky
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