On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:01 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 24 May 2010 16:00:50 Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > I went through the policy carefully and here are my comments. > > > > The core issue for the community is--does the policy allow for > > redistribution of standards to the fullest possible extent? For us, > > the freedom to redistribute the software is severely hampered if > > the accompanying standards cannot be redistributed. > > > > Keeping this and other issues in mind, the questions and comments > > that come to my mind are given below: > > > > 3.2 They shall be applicable to all prospective e-Governance > > systems including businesses (G2G, G2B, G2E and G2C) from the date > > it comes into effect. > > > > Venky: What does prospective mean in this case? Does it mean > > e-Governance systems that are created after the policy comes into > > effect? > > > > 4. Policy Statement > > GoI shall adopt Single and Royalty-Free (RF) Open Standard > > progressively for a “specific purpose with in a domain” (herein > > after referred to as “Area”), to meet the laid down objectives of > > the Policy. The Open Standard shall have the following > > characteristics: > > > > Venky: What does, "progressively" mean here? > > > > In Section 4.1.2, we should request addition of the following text > > in CAPS. > > > > 4.1.2 > > T he patent claims necessary to implement the Identified > > Standard shall be available on a Royalty-Free basis for the life > > time of the Standard. If such Standards are not found feasible then > > in the wider public interest, Fair, Reasonable and Non > > Discriminatory terms and conditions (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non > > Discriminatory terms and conditions (RAND) with no payment AND NO > > RESTRICTIONS ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF THE STANDARD could be > > considered. > > AND NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF THE STANDARD. SUCH > STANDARDS SHALL AUTOMATICALLY COME WITH A PERMANENT IRREVOCABLE > LICENCE TO IMPLEMENT AND DISTRIBUTE THE IMPLEMENTATION AS PER THE > TERMS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IMPLEMENTER. >
Give the current scenario with the various Standards Setting Organizations (SSOs), the above formulation "SUCH STANDARDS...." seems extremely tough to push through. Unless the policies of the SSOs are changed, this is unlikely to happen. Venky
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