The FOSS revolution started in North America, and then it reached Europe where it blossomed with Linux. Next one probably may happen in India. Why do I think so?

(1) *IP issues:* It happened with the drugs/medicine. When IP/Copyright/Patent became very stringent in USA/Europe it started a drug/bio industry in India. This stared producing much cheaper drugs compared to western countries. Most of the third world countries are dependent on India for medicine.

This can happen in FOSS world too. With more liberal copyright/patent laws in India; programmers in India can code without thinking about what patents they will be infringing. This may force many FOSS startups/hosts in India. This is a major support for FOSS based industries in India.

(2) *Outsourcing:* With the outsourcing along with the employment knowledge is also flowing into India. India has more software engineers than any other country now. (I remember reading Bangalore (India) surpassing Silicon City (USA) in numbers.). This knowledge flow may help in FOSS development. (I remember reading most of the open source developers have regular 9-5 job).

(3) *Economy:* The growing economy of India may force people to experiment in various fields for example FOSS. With service based business model companies can earn on FOSS.

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