,----[ "Kanti Jadia" j_kanti@rediffmail.com ] | Further to this,can somebody clarify the following points. | | 1. Can we get kopete hosted in India | 2. Is it legal in India to reverse engineer software ( for learning | or creating a compatible system ) | | Regards | | Kanti `---- Though the threat is *real*, their home page is just a campaign against software patents. They have not been asked to shutdown yet.
Moving the Kopete project to India with an Indian programmer taking the ownership is a possibility, but it only partially solves the problem. i.e. it can only help the project continue its development and distribution to countries that does not support software patents.
"Software-patent is a global issue".
My Freehoo project is an instant messenger too. I will not shut it down even if I receive threats.