Rakesh 'arky' Ambati said on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:29:26PM -0700,:
Mayank,The idea of Software Patent or related laws of other countries does seems to have their effects here,maybe its fear of laws/acts rather than wheather we are subjected to them.
Guys, you are treading an area where even legal eagles would not dare!
You are on a subject, shorn of lawyerese, I will call, cross border enforcement of domestic laws. Generally, sovereign nations do not allow the laws of other countries to be enforced within their territories, but in the era of GATT, WTO and whatnot, this is a principle increasingly being compromised by developing nations at the instance of (under economic pressure from) developed nations.
We saw that when playfair issue came up. The Indian ISP was put under severe economic pressure, if I understand their (the ISP's) perspective correctly.
The major question 'can we handle such legal problems here'.We don't have any EFF like organisation here.
You already have the FSF-I. I believe that the present chairman is willing to take on more responsibilities than before.