Praveen Arimbrathodiyil blogs here

This was a reply my friend Amar got from one of his friends. Thought it might be of interest.

[ All these discussions are available from the wiki http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?Patents ]
The original mail was

Dear Friends,

Patents are a devious tool to harm developing countries’ development.
Not only will patents harm software; but will also lead to rise in
prices of medicines.[Read further for more info]

What you can do ?

a) Post this on your blog/website too if you have one
b) Email this to as many people as you know
c) Email to the Editor of various magazines, newspapers that we
don’t want patents
d) Email to the President of India and any political party in
India who has an email Continue reading ‘The other side of patents’

There has been active discussions about the proposed changes in the fsf india mailing list. All this started with a mail by Ramraj with a subject ‘patents can kill people’ and which had a link to an article by Kuldip Nayyar with the title ‘ UPA, come out from the cold ‘ .

Now the summary is posted in FSUG-Bangalore wiki by Rakesh and access the page here

Now this mail is circulating all over the place. So mail this to all the people you know today.

It is for you and me and for the interest of everyone.