<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">In regard to the continuing/future threat of a revised proposal, I think it’s worth highlighting that the U.S. President’s office is considering several options in regard to encryption policy (based on this leaked memo: <a href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-nsc-draft-options-paper-on-strategic-approaches-to-encryption/1742/" class="">http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-nsc-draft-options-paper-on-strategic-approaches-to-encryption/1742/</a>), and one of them—option 1—would be to repudiate encryption backdoors, with an eye toward influencing other countries' behavior on this issue. To the extent we can figure out ways to leverage this example to push the White House in the right direction right now, it may pay healthy dividends later in India and around the world.<br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">_____________________________________<br class="">Kevin S. Bankston</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Director, New America's Open Technology Institute</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Co-Director, New America’s Cybersecurity Initiative<br class="">1899 L Street NW, Suite 400<br class="">Washington, DC 20036<br class=""><a href="mailto:bankston@opentechinstitute.org" class="">bankston@opentechinstitute.org</a><br class="">Phone: 202-596-3415<br class="">Fax: 202-986-3696<br class="">@kevinbankston</div>
</div>
<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Raman Jit Singh Chima <<a href="mailto:raman@accessnow.org" class="">raman@accessnow.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Those links are confirmed, and the Minister did a formal statement at a press conference on this that the news wires have used for their stories.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/government-withdraws-draft-national-encryption-policy-after-furore/" class="">http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/government-withdraws-draft-national-encryption-policy-after-furore/</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do keep in mind though that they plan to try and bring this back - the Minister said they would redraft and then bring it back for public comment. We should celebrate this, but then pivot to focus on why undermining encryption should never be a policy step and what different governments across the world need to focus on - including India itself.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Raman.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 September 2015 at 20:40, Deirdre Williams <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Try <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34322118" target="_blank" class="">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34322118</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class=""><div class="h5"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 September 2015 at 11:07, Kevin Bankston <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:bankston@opentechinstitute.org" target="_blank" class="">bankston@opentechinstitute.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Is there a story or other link confirming that so we can tweet about our community winning a quick victory? Didn't even need to write comments!<br class=""><br class="">Sent via mobile<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">__________________________________<br class="">Kevin S. Bankston</span></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">Director, Open Technology Institute</span></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">Co-Director, Cybersecurity Initiative</span></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" class="">New America<br class=""><a class="">1899 L Street NW, Suite 400</a><br class=""><a class="">Washington, DC 20036</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:bankston@opentechinstitute.org" target="_blank" class="">bankston@opentechinstitute.org</a><br class="">Phone: <a href="tel:202-596-3415" target="_blank" class="">202-596-3415</a><br class="">Fax: <a href="tel:202-986-3696" target="_blank" class="">202-986-3696</a><br class="">@kevinbankston</span></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Mishi Choudhary <<a href="mailto:mishi@softwarefreedom.org" target="_blank" class="">mishi@softwarefreedom.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">Post a public outcry, DEITY has withdrawn this policy.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">On 09/21/2015 03:46 PM, Raman Jit Singh Chima wrote:</span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Happy to add a few brief notes on the background to this if it is helpful:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> - The Indian Govt has had encryption policy discussions ongoing for</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> about a decade. Pre-existing telecom sector regulation placed a limit of 40</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> bits on the encryption that could be deployed by ISPs or telcos on their</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> networks, though that arguably applied only to them directly and was</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> unclear as to how it affected third parties</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> - A provision in the Information Technology Act (Section 69) allowed the</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> Union Government to issue orders forcing decryption of data in addition to</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> allowing for interception requests. When the Information Technology Act was</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> amended in 2008, another provision was added (Section 84A) which allowed</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> the Union Government to specify "modes or methods for encryption" by</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> executive rule-making. The text of the provision said that this was</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> supposed to be for "secure use of the electronic medium and for promotion</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> of e-governance and e-commerce". The internal political context for this</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> included strong political pressure from law enforcement and the security</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> establishment, who raised concerns about not being able to intercept</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> encrypted communications</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> - No rules for the above provision was publicly brought up from 2008</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> until now, though there have been regular internal discussions - mostly</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> with industry and intergovernmental consultation</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Additionally - perhaps in response to the initial negative reaction in the</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">press - the Indian Dept. of Electronics and IT released an addendum document</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><<a href="http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Addendum%20-%20NEP-1_0.pdf" target="_blank" class="">http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Addendum%20-%20NEP-1_0.pdf</a>></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">today. It essentially appears to be trying to suggest that the draft rules</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">could exempt "mass use encryption products" along with SSL/TLS products</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">used for Internet banking (though only those specified by the Reserve Bank</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">of India) or for e-Commerce passwords.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Sincerely,</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Raman.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On 22 September 2015 at 01:12, Mishi Choudhary <<a href="mailto:mishi@softwarefreedom.org" target="_blank" class="">mishi@softwarefreedom.org</a>></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Hi Carol,</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Thanks for highlighting this. Its a draft National Encryption Policy</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">and public comments are invited by October 16, 2015. Comments are to be</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">emailed to Mr A,S.A. Krishnan, <a href="mailto:akrishnan@deity.gov.in" target="_blank" class="">akrishnan@deity.gov.in</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">The key highlights of the policy are :</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">1. A stipulation that businesses and citizens are to maintain plain text</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(unencrypted) copies of encrypted content for a period of 90 days, to be</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">made available to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) when so directed under</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">law.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">2. Vendors of encryption products are required to register their</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">products with the Government as a pre-condition to conducting business</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">in India. They are also expected to re-register their products with</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">every update. This requirement is not limited to vendors of dedicated</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">encryption products, and seemingly includes even products that use</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">encryption in the course of providing a larger service such as messaging</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">or e-commerce. (Service Providers located within and</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">outside India, using Encryption technology for providing any type of</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> services in India must enter into an agreement with the Government</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">for providing such services in India).</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">3. Encryption algorithms and key sizes shall be prescribed</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">by the Government through Notifications from time to time.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On 09/21/2015 03:33 PM, Carolina Rossini wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Hi folks, I feel this could be a good topic for a coalition response</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">through the BB platform. Can the folks for India give some context to the</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">folks in this list? Let us know if such an action would be helpful.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Carol</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Sent from my iPhone</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Mishi Choudhary <<a href="mailto:mishi@softwarefreedom.org" target="_blank" class="">mishi@softwarefreedom.org</a>></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Worrisome development from India through this encryption policy</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/draft%20Encryption%20Policyv1.pdf" target="_blank" class="">http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/draft%20Encryption%20Policyv1.pdf</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">--</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Warm Regards</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Mishi Choudhary, Esq.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Legal Director</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Software Freedom Law Center</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">1995 Broadway Floor 17</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">New York, NY-10023</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:212-461-1912" value="+12124611912" target="_blank" class="">212-461-1912</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:212-580-0898" value="+12125800898" target="_blank" class="">212-580-0898</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.softwarefreedom.org</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Executive Director</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">SFLC.IN</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">K-9, Second Floor</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Jangpura Extn.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">New Delhi-110014</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-43587126" value="+911143587126" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-43587126</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-24323530" value="+911124323530" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-24323530</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">www.sflc.in</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">____________________________________________________________</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">____________________________________________________________</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">--</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Warm Regards</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Mishi Choudhary, Esq.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Legal Director</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Software Freedom Law Center</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">1995 Broadway Floor 17</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">New York, NY-10023</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:212-461-1912" value="+12124611912" target="_blank" class="">212-461-1912</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:212-580-0898" value="+12125800898" target="_blank" class="">212-580-0898</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.softwarefreedom.org</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Executive Director</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">SFLC.IN</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">K-9, Second Floor</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Jangpura Extn.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">New Delhi-110014</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-43587126" value="+911143587126" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-43587126</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-24323530" value="+911124323530" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-24323530</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">www.sflc.in</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">____________________________________________________________</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">-- </span><br class=""><span class="">Warm Regards</span><br class=""><span class="">Mishi Choudhary, Esq.</span><br class=""><span class="">Legal Director</span><br class=""><span class="">Software Freedom Law Center</span><br class=""><span class="">1995 Broadway Floor 17</span><br class=""><span class="">New York, NY-10023</span><br class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:212-461-1912" value="+12124611912" target="_blank" class="">212-461-1912</a></span><br class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:212-580-0898" value="+12125800898" target="_blank" class="">212-580-0898</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.softwarefreedom.org</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Executive Director</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">SFLC.IN</a></span><br class=""><span class="">K-9, Second Floor</span><br class=""><span class="">Jangpura Extn.</span><br class=""><span class="">New Delhi-110014</span><br class=""><span class="">(tel) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-43587126" value="+911143587126" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-43587126</a></span><br class=""><span class="">(fax) <a href="tel:%2B91-11-24323530" value="+911124323530" target="_blank" class="">+91-11-24323530</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.sflc.in/" target="_blank" class="">www.sflc.in</a></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">____________________________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br class=""><span class=""> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.</span><br class=""><span class="">To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:</span><br class=""><span class=""> <a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br class="">____________________________________________________________<br class="">
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br class="">
<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.<br class="">
To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br class="">
<a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""></div></div><div class="">“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979</div>
</div>
<br class="">____________________________________________________________<br class="">
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br class="">
<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>.<br class="">
To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit:<br class="">
<a href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits</a><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">Raman Jit Singh Chima</b></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Policy Director</div><div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Access | </span><a href="http://accessnow.org/" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">accessnow.org</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class=""> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Email: <a href="mailto:raman@accessnow.org" target="_blank" class="">raman@accessnow.org</a></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Skype: raman.chima</span></div></div><div class="">PGP ID: 0x2A186000<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">Join the Access team - </b><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">we're </span><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/about/jobs" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">hiring</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" class="">! </span><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>