[Fsf-friends] Yet another shameless day in India
Anand Babu
ab@gnu.org.in
Wed Mar 23 00:15:51 IST 2005
,----[ Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> ]
| These reports are good news, but they don't mean we have won. If
| the old patent law is allowing software patents in, keeping it
| unchanged won't keep them out.
|
| We have to do something more. But we have lost the chance to try to
| use this patent bill to do it. Ramanraj thinks these patents are
| invalid and that the law is being misapplied. Is there a way to
| convince the patent office of that? Should we go to court and see?
| Or should we hope that doubts about validity restrain the patent
| holders from using their patents against Indian software developers
| and users?
`----
One way I know is by deliberately writing free software code to
violate these patents - "civil disobedience". If there are legal
implications, I will naturally end up in the court. This will help us
gather enough attention and support to launch a nation wide protest
against software patents. I won't give up till these patents are
invalidated. I will try this approach as a last resort.
--
Anand Babu
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