A quick note on patent issue:
Going through the proposed amendment I didnt find any clause which will enable software patents in India.
I am not a lawyer, but we had consulted with a few lawyers.
From news reports we understand that Ministry of IT asked changes in
patent law which will make embedded software patentable. We dont have any document on this. The ordinance doesnt seems to be available publicly.
Even if there is no patent for software in the ordinance way the govt is handling the patent amendment is really bad. They seems to be more accountable to WTO rather than people of India.
We need to watch the situation closely. We will have to work closely with other groups fighting patent amendments. It would be nice if people in Delhi can work on getting more informations and networking with other groups fighting the new patent amendment.
Arun.