Say No To Software Patents

A campaign to stop the introduction of Software Patents in India.

Bengaluru Meetup

When: 10am, Saturday 16th August 2008

Where: BMS College of Engineering, Basavanagudi

Agenda: Indian Patents office has called for a meeting of stakeholders in Bengaluru on 27th August (date still to be confirmed). We should submit a written appeal to stop introducing software patents in India. We will prepare this document here.

Coordination: FSUG-Bangalore

Participants

1. Anivar Aravind anivar at movingrepublic dot org 080 23435606
2. Praveen A - pravi dot a at gmail dot com - nine nine eight six three four eight five six five

Discussions

• Software Patents Meeting in Bangalore foss.in Aug 13 2008
• report on the stake holders meeting - FSUG-Bangalore Aug 8 2008
• Software Patents in India - ILUG-BOM Aug 4 2008
• Software Patents in India - ILUG-BOM July 29 2008

Blogs

• Stakeholders Meeting on the Draft Patent Manual

Media Coverage

• Infy, TCS lock horns with Red Hat over IT patent
• Patents are not necessary for innovation

Links

1. NoSoftwarePatents.com
2. No Software Patents Facebook Cause
3. Abolish Software Patents Orkut Community