Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Anand Shankar
On 9/6/07, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as a private study, have been researching past two years on the indian philosophical view and 'darshan' on copyrights. haven't found much. anyone else stumbled across something? :-) niyam Indian Philosohical view?? If Indian spirituality

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
Indian Philosohical view?? If Indian spirituality and mysticism is your definition - copyright - ownership Did we ever talked of owning anything amidst this 'maya' and 'mithya'?? ;-) anand excellent point, anand. we tend to gloss over the indian and indic-vision on ownership,

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 08-Sep-07, at 2:12 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: i often wonder, who would microsoft or the bsa or other supportive agencies, hire in india, so our culture may happily get sensitized to their issues ;-) lalloo -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just discovered this, thought it worthy to share with you: Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the