On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:44 PM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote:
> What kind of Indian IT industry laws would be particularly FOSS friendly? > (especially ones that are directly related to employees) > How can FOSS related software development better the conditions of employees. Business survive on profits and for that they exploit the employees. The govt is also welcoming this exploitation with both hands - http://www.itecentre.co.in/node/21 <http://www.itecentre.co.in/node/21> There are no labour laws governing in IT Industry. But we can discuss on how much potential FOSS has in terms of generating employment for IT & ITeS workforce of the country - http://www.fsmk.org/sites/default/files/FSMK_Issue4_Sept_2009.pdf > It is a fact that the current IT industry laws are dangerously vague > and do not care to address much. > True > > Confidentiality, NDA, IPR can be included in the employment agreement > as per law - this should be opposed. > > Further even without this it is possible that: > > 1. Employee signs various bonds which make no mention of nature of > work and is asked later to do closed source proprietary work with > NDAs. Employee does not want to get involved, but employee is already > a chattel laborer. > > The law says that bonds are legal. > > Having laws for different categories of s/w should be considered more > seriously. > > Rather, what constitutes "FOSS-Ecosystem friendly IT laws"? > But still how FOSS friendly IT laws better the condition of the exploited IT workforce ? > > > Best > > A. Mani > > > -- > A. Mani > ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS > http://www.logicamani.co.cc > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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