On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, JM Ibanez wrote:
To somewhat paraphrase some people on this thread: the reason why we
have the Generics Act as a law instead of a dead bill (and the reason
why generic drugs, which the pharmaceutical companies were vehement
against at the onset, because it'd cut their profits) is, and I'm
speculating here, because its initial propositions were even
"worse"/stronger than what the current form (and language) of the
act. It was watered down, and we're enjoying the watered down
version. That's life. :)
Yes, I expect the FOSS bill to be watered down too, asI said in my little
speech at the last Software Freedom Day. The strategu, I think is sound:
come up with a strong position, and then work out a good compromise.
That's what Dean and I did in our little online exercise here. We both
had strong opposing positions at the start, but I think it all turned out
pretty well. We ended up with something we both could live with happily.
God bless!
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