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India Hits Back in 'Bio-Piracy' Battle
papvf writes "The BBC News Online has an interesting story about a project to put traditional medical knowledge online. From the article: 'The ambitious $2m project, christened Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, will roll out an encyclopedia of the country's traditional medicine in five languages - English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish - in an effort to stop people from claiming them as their own and patenting them.'"
Don't mean to be crass but the life expectancy in India is like 60. Maybe India should spend more time studying western medicine.
-1 troll? OK i will admit i was nervous as this was my first ever post, plus it was a "first post", and the result was that I crashed and burned. The text, "The BBC News Online has an interesting story about a project to put traditional medical knowledge online..." should have read, "The BBC News Online has an interesting story about a project GOING ON IN INDIA to put traditional medical knowledge online." My confusion was further enhanced by the fact that the languages being used were what I would expect the UK to use. I understand it now, but I really am not a troll. I really was confused. Sorry. I will probably go back under my bridge now and keep to myself.
Welcome to Slashdot. Feel free to post again when you figure out what RTFA means.