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Software Patents Stopped in India

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-means-no dept.

piyushranjan writes "Indian parliament deleted the section from the patents bill regrading the software patents as left parties prevailed over the Government on the issue. This may be a major victory for free software foundation(fsf) which has been lobbying hard against the bill."

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  1. From India, with #@&* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, I'm posting from India. Outsourcing has channelled some of the obscene money you first worlders earn into obscene salaries for some Indians.

    I am not one of the beneficiaries, so I whine. It's bitterly funny, you know, to see "cybercoolies" earn big money and waste the landscape, while real intellect workers get a raw deal even while doing a worldclass job. $500 a month is pretty good pay, except in Bangalore and Mumbai (Bombay to the uninitiated).

    That aside, I have been pretty lazy even while offering PJ help, not to have checked the patent scene at home. Somebody (maybe the original great^n grand parent) please provide a lickable clink.

    Still, one thing that's been at the back of my mind, is best fit to be said on /. I don't believe Indians will be very good FOSS supporters. From the kind of people I usually see, I can expect no better than freeloading on point-n-click piracy. Who'd want to get their hands dirty with ./config, and risk exposure on GPL, when you can easily filch code and put it in your inhouse project? It's money that matters here, dear! Look at the Indian expats in the US software industry, and get a clue as to which side of the patent question they prefer.

    At the most, you can expect them to try GNU/Linux in software consulting (small-time) to relieve any perceived licensing hassles.

    -clueless

  2. Re:I want to move! by quarkscat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, you want to move. But what makes you think
    that that illustrated book on the Kama Sutra will
    survive the move from your parent's basement?
    Or that moving to India will improve your chances
    one whit of actually getting layed?

    Most of the more than one billion citizens of
    India still regard caste, family status, job, and
    size of dowery more important than your unique
    foreign-ness.

    So your chances of "scoring" over there really
    aren't any better than here. Get a life!
    Are you willing to give up baseball for cricket,
    and football for soccer?

    The cultural shock will do you in, if the bad
    water and the diseases don't. (Take it from
    someone who has already checked it out.)