[Fsf-friends] Microsoft and their Indian promoters can be sued...

[CK Raju, Thrissur]

Vakil,
I think this is precisely the point that we can debate, clarify and have it
enforced by Government.
If your argument stands, it would mean that no government information can be
declared as "protected", when it is on a proprietary platform. So inside the
legal dragnet, the official who gave "consent" would also fall. (Judges are
also getting sensible these days, the corrupt are increasingly being shown
the door.)
We do have a very strong case for litigation here, if some lawyers that I
consulted are to be believed. And I think, if the Government doesn't budge
with regard to its earlier stand on computerising local bodies and revenue
departments, our move should be made, pretty quickly - we don't have that
many jails around. Perhaps Joseph can argue with TECOM for an attached jail
within Smart City premises - as a lesson for those who go astray.
CK Raju
Thrissur

> other  material  without  the   consent  of  the  person  concerned
> > discloses such material
>
> See?? `` ... WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF ...''
>
> By accepting the EULA, you consent to their accessing your
> information.
>
> And  that is  why proprietary  software  vendors want  licenses to  be
> bilateral `contracts', while true  Free licenses insist on their being
> unlateral grants of permissions by the copyright holders.
>