-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ilugc] Adelphi Charter Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:57:59 +0530 From: Sivasankar Chander siva.ilugc@gmail.com To: Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in
Britain's Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA),
which is a venerable 250-year old institution, has issued the Adelphi Charter, drafted by numerous eminent personalities, including a Nobel Laureate and various legal luminaries, which links IP policy to public benefit:
[Adelphi Charter] http://www.ipcharter.org/
[Commission Members] http://www.ipcharter.org/group.asp
[Guardian] http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/comment/story/0,9828,1591467,00.html
[Economist] http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5032375
Among other things, it recommends a ban on the issue of software patents and business and medical process patents.
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