On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> >> >> 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." > > > Probably not. What a business newspaper needs to hear is something a bit stronger, along the lines of: "My company (casually mention its ticker acronym and turnover) is a leader among those who work exclusively with Open Source licensing of its developed applications and services, and we are not afraid of competing head on against the companies who use the IIPA to restrict competition. As promoters of the use of legal software we see no justification for the government to act openly to favour their interests." -- Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com
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