On Wednesday 19 May 2010 11:42 PM, Nagarjuna G wrote:
The issue that remains is: as per the definition of open standards adopted by the FOSS community, FRAND or RAND should 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.
And while we can't change the world of Standard Setting Organizations (and their use of F/RAND licences) sitting in India ure that we (at the governmental level) use predominantly RF/RF-equivalents in India. Indeed, this policy+manual even encourages B+B & B+C using open standards!
And to get the world to move away from F/RAND, the government will have to fight it out at the SSOs, not by changing the Indian domestic policy (we can only wish we had such clout).
Cheers, Pranesh -- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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