dear all,
story below reflects the sad state of affairs of the world.
i propose FLOSS be formally declared as a world intellectual property since
literally it is born and nurtured by the contributions of the world community.
so who is wipo to think it has deciding powers over this?
UNESCO(?) is talking about declaring FLOSS a world cultural heritage.
meanwhile, can we do something about this in india? can we sign a petition,
or start some campaign, that boldly shows to 1) governments 2) media 3) big
businesses 4) ordinary folks, that FLOSS is a world intellectual property,
of, by, for, the people?
we <> me
we=we
its about time the lion in all of us roared.
:-)
LL
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WIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source
panthan writes "The Washington Post has has an article about a proposed
meeting of the WIPO concerning open source having been [0]removed from
consideration, apparently due to pressure from the US State Department
and the USPTO. 'In short order, lobbyists from Microsoft-funded trade
groups were pushing officials at the State Department and the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office to squelch the meeting. One lobbyist, Emery
Simon with the Business Software Alliance, said his group objected to
the suggestion in the proposal that overly broad or restrictive
intellectual-property rights might in some cases stunt technological
innovation and economic growth.'" Lawrence Lessig has [1]some comments.
Links
0. http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0308/22/technology-250851.htm
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