Re: Fwd: Karnataka to become a "Zero Piracy State"

["Soumyanath Chaterjee" <soumya@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is the definition of "Software piracy" ?

Would charging for a software upgrade, which gives no additional benifit to
user amount to piracy ? Software or whatever :-)


----- Original Message -----
From: Prakash Advani <prakash@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [LIG] Fwd: Karnataka to become a "Zero Piracy State"


> Is there any way we can get the message across to the right person? I
> can send a free CD or even do a presentation.. but something more needs
> to be done.
>
> Regards
> Prakash
>
> Frederick Noronha wrote:
> >
> > Wouldn't the best way of doing this involve shifting a significant part
> > of the computing needs of the state over to Linux? --FN
> >
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> > Subject: Karnataka to become a "Zero Piracy State"
> > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:20:20 +0500
> > From: Zubair Faisal Abbasi <zubair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Karnataka to become a "Zero Piracy State"
> >  http://naavi.com/cl_editorial/edit_08jan01_1.html
> >       Karnataka Home  Minister Mr Mallikarjun Kharge has assured
> >       MNC software suppliers that the state would be a "Zero Piracy
> >       State" by next year and a "Multi Pronged Strategy" is being
> >       drafted for the purpose.
> >
> >       While appreciating the need for stopping "Software Piracy", the
> >       attention of the Government should however be drawn to long
> >       term strategies to make Piracy un economical to both the "Pirate"
> >       and the "Consumer".
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Zubair Faisal Abbasi,
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