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Open standards policy in India: A long, but successful journey
Last week, India became another major country to join the growing, global open standards movement...
Venkatesh Hariharan (Venky)
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19 Nov 2010
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East meets West: the U.S.-India open government dialogue
Yesterday , U.S. President Barack Obama addressed members of the Indian parliament and announced a...
Venkatesh Hariharan (Venky)
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09 Nov 2010
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New Zealand rejects software patents
Recently the NZ govt announced that it was to remove software from the list of items that can be...
Venkatesh Hariharan (Venky)
(Red Hat)
26 Jul 2010
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Open Source: Modernizing India's education system
Over the last few years, open source adoption has been growing within India's education system...
Venkatesh Hariharan (Venky)
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19 Apr 2010
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Is IP another bubble about to burst? A view from another civilization.
As a child growing up in India, one of the first things I learned is a hymn to Saraswati, the...
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16 Dec 2009
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Is IP another bubble about to burst? A view from another civilization.
Madhukar, for me, one important takeaway from your post is that while ideals are important, the practice of these ideals in day-to-day life is also equally important. The manner in which the ideals of sharing knowledge were...
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Is IP another bubble about to burst? A view from another civilization.
Perhaps this will help explain the reason for our disagreements. My specific concern is more with software patents because it converts methods that could have been freely practiced by software developers into private...
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