Saw this on LIG, may be of interest to subscribers here
raj
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [LIG] FSF India opinion :: Dept of Information Technology, GoI Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:42:41 +0530 From: Raghavendra Bhat ragu@asianetonline.net Reply-To: linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-india-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Section 87 of Information Technology Act, 2000 empowers the Government to regulate the file formats and standards to be followed in submission and issue of electronic records and money transfers between the government and public. The Department of Information Technology had invited opinion on the rules proposed to be framed.
The opinion sent by FSF India can be read by linking here
http://gnu.org.in/philosophy/mitrules.html