On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Nagarjuna G <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear all, > > A new draft of the National Open Standards Policy (labelled v1.1) is now > > up for review on the egovstandards.gov.in website. > > > > http://j.mp/crlk1x [pdf] > > > > I have read the policy. I think this is certainly better than it was, > and does appear like a good policy document. However, as we know the > policies in India are usually always good, but there will be problems > in implementation. > > Now the issue is about interpretation of the exceptions etc. On > this, we may have to take case by case after this policy gets adopted. > > The issue that remains is: as per the definition of open standards > adopted by the FOSS community, FRAND or RAND should not exist. > better "must not exist" > Currently if this policy is adopted, FRAND and RAND condition may now > become part of open standards definition within Indian legal regime. > This is a dilution. > > Totally agree with Nagarjuna.
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