Just got some links to a case filed in Jharkhand High court in 2003.
http://www.indianshares.net/law.html
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=36075
Looks interesting.. !
Does anybody know what happenned in this case?
i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government offices to use FLOSS.
In masschusets, US there is now a law that enforces open document standards for state records.
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On 11/23/05, Rai, Vivek BGI UK Vivek.Rai@barclaysglobal.com wrote:
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THIS is VERY annoying. Please get rid of this disclaimer!
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Sometime on Nov 23, Rai, Vivek BGI UK assembled some asciibets to say:
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ok, please do not put these disclaimers in your mails to this list. Pick one of these options:
- Use a different email address to mail the list - Ask your mail admin team not to add disclaimers for mails going to ilug-bom
On 11/24/05, Philip Tellis philip.tellis@gmx.net wrote:
ok, please do not put these disclaimers in your mails to this list. Pick one of these options:
- Use a different email address to mail the list
- Ask your mail admin team not to add disclaimers for mails going to
ilug-bom
The odd thing in every forwarded mails I got is 'Company's Privacy Policy' :-) Don't know why people using comapny's name to send bad jokes, pics and other X things
Well, thats not case here! but not everybody is interested to read company's policy..
;-)
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On Wednesday 23 Nov 2005 11:24 pm, Rai, Vivek BGI UK wrote:
i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government offices to use FLOSS.
if you are all that keen on freedom and opensource why do you inflict this junk on us:
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On Wednesday 23 November 2005 23:24, Rai, Vivek BGI UK wrote:
Just got some links to a case filed in Jharkhand High court in 2003.
http://www.indianshares.net/law.html
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=36075
Looks interesting.. !
Does anybody know what happenned in this case?
i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government offices to use FLOSS.
A PIL is a very tricky thing to do. And the party with the deeper pocket is more likely to win the pil. Unless one gets some top notch lawyer to fight it pro bono.
In masschusets, US there is now a law that enforces open document standards for state records.
There is no law yet. There is a directive to use ODF for all Mass. state documents. If some state department wants to save content in non ODF formats they will have to justify doing so. If the directive becomes law then only softwares that support ODF will be procured by this state. The directive does not preclude the purchase and use of closed / non free software with ODF functionality. Even a directive as simple as this has the worms at M$ in a twisted knot trying to prevent the use of ODF. They had a Senator who does know the O of ODF pontificating at a hearing. Government tenders cannot skew things to include or exclude a vendor without very sound reasons. If the tender is of high value, it will be fought in court. Further focussing on cost is a very dangerous strategy. U are boxing yourself into lower margins. Infact the benefits of FOSS are so enormous that u should be able to justify and get a higher price than any closed software.
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-----cut the crap----
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You guys need to check this. You are regulated by RBI AND SEBI in India.
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Hello,
Just got some links to a case filed in Jharkhand High court in 2003.
http://www.indianshares.net/law.html
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=36075
Looks interesting.. !
It doesn't. I have been living in Ranchi (the capital city of Jharkhand) on and off since 2003. When I heard about it in 2003, I tried to trace down the details of the PIL. The only thing I came to know is that it was filed by some Lawyer. I tried people higher up in the Ranchi High-Court and was unable to trace out the person.
But, the entire thing was more of a farce. Jharkhand Govt., has hence moved onto MS Technologies in a big way. Linux is only limited to a few machines at NIC.
i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government offices to use FLOSS.
Does a PIL do everything. Maybe we should file a PIL to help remove all disclaimers in e-mails in India -;)
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