[Fsf-friends] [OFFTOPIC] Three views on Free/Libre and Open Source Software...

Mahesh T Pai paivakil@vsnl.net
Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:14:51 +0530


Khuzaima A. Lakdawala wrote:

> The status of Ayurvedic knowledge can best be described as `in the
> public domain'.

I realise that I did not make myself clear.
1. I was quoting somebody else; a govt. servant at that and I agree with 
him.
2. He sais it the sense that both ayurveda (he was specificaly speaking 
of Traditional Knowledge) and 'free s/w' (whatever he meant by that) use 
knowledge for benefit of the public; making money is secondary.

Mahesh T. Pai.