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In this regard, former Supreme Court Judge, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer has commented that

"neither the controller nor the central government has authority or sanction of law to publish a manual of the kind put on the website".

"neither the controller nor the central government has authority or sanction of law to publish a manual

of the kind put on the website".

The Free Software Users Group also would like to point out that software is a form of knowledge and software patents would amount to propertisation of knowledge and would be detrimental to the pace at which software is growing. Software patents further kill innovation and competition as software today pervades all walks of life, any dent in the pace of its growth would have a cascading effect on the economy in general.

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* Hardware innovations are already patentable under the regular innovations therefore all innovators are already covered

* The current ICT revolution happened with science and technology under public domain and it is important for the growth of software that this remains so.

For Free Software users Group Bangalore

Anivar Aravind

Praveen A

Anivar Aravind Praveen A Renuka Prasad

Renuka Prasad

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 In this regard, former Supreme Court Judge, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer has commented that
-"neither the controller nor the central government has authority or sanction of law to publish a manual of the kind put on the website".
+"neither the controller nor the central government has authority or sanction of law to publish a manual
+of the kind put on the website".
 The Free Software Users Group also would like to point out that software is a form of knowledge and software patents would amount to propertisation of knowledge and would be detrimental to the pace at which software is growing. Software patents further kill innovation and competition as software today pervades all walks of life, any dent in the pace of its growth would have a cascading effect on the economy in general.
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 * Hardware innovations are already patentable under the regular  innovations therefore all innovators are already covered
 * The current ICT revolution happened with science and technology under public domain and it is important for the growth of software that this remains so.
 For Free Software users Group Bangalore
+Anivar Aravind
+Praveen A
-Anivar Aravind				Praveen A				Renuka Prasad
+Renuka Prasad