On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:44:25AM -0800, Anand Babu wrote:
,----[ Ramanraj K ramanraj.k@gmail.com ] | http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200503222001.htm | | <quote> | Lok Sabha passes Patents Bill | ...The Bill provides for product patents in drugs, agri-products and | embedded software... | </quote> `---- This is very disappointing. But obviously we are not going to give up. What is our next step?
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Nice to see your determination not to give up on this. Hope it rubs onto at least a few of us here.
The best thing to do (should have been done much earlier) is for the FSF-India office bearers and working committee members to fix an appointment with the President of India and also the relevant ministers in charge of pushing the bill (Kamal Nath or whoever) and try handing them a petition showing them clearly the hazards of implementing the patent amendment bill under WTO pressure tactics without first and foremost protecting the intrests of our nation and our IT sector among a host of other sectors some as vital as health, medicare and agriculture which is still the backbone of our nation.
They may still manage to pass the bill in spite of our petitions but then at least we have done our part to the best of our abilities.