Liberation

Today it is unequivocally affirmed that INDIA is making leaps in technology and economic areas, and the current announcement by the Centre of setting up a knowledge based commission to exploit the "blatant potential" of the country's knowledge network has added fire to the movement. In a race of technological advancements one should be fully aware of the rights and must abide by the laws to make the worthiest use of his talents.

The flow is irresistible and thus it becomes the moral duty of those framing the laws to protect the intellect from being stolen or lured. Big names in the market will try to
capture this genius and the movement seems already being started though seeming to be a fair game this time. The recent releases of 1600 patents by Sun Microsystems under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), is appreciated by various foundations working for the open source of software and redistributing them under certain licensing schemes. By this move Sun is fostering open innovation and global patenting schemes.

Applying it to INDIAN scenario, where the country possess enough potential to capture the market by innovative young minds, the need of the hour is to develop proper licensing schemes which should on one hand protect the intellect and side by side promote the innovation by making the ideas available to all protected by certain laws.

Liberation in its true sense cannot be achieved in the INDIAN IT industry till all those involve with the development and marketing come forward and help the Government frame proper regulatory policies committed to create a conducive environment to facilitate rapid growth of service sector. For achieving this objective, the country requires creation of adequate human resource capabilities, appropriate certification and standard setting institutions, besides removing infrastructure bottlenecks and creation of global awareness of India.