<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7502"><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7503" dir="ltr"> Again <a href="https://www.google.mu/search?q=open+source+astec+global" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7508">open source astec global - Google Search</a> shows no affiliation between astec global and FLOSS, I really think some bad things are happening that will hamper the use of Free Software in Mauritius</div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:auto; position: relative; 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overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7549">open source astec global - Google Search</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7600">Search Options Any country Country: Mauritius Any time Past hour Past 24 hours Past week Past month Past year All results Verbatim About 566,000 results </div></div></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7603"><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7602"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7601"></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7606"><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; 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<br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7630">also this link ti wipo and FLOSS</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7657"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7628" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.ncb.mu/English/Documents/News/World%20IP%20Day%202013/session%202/International%20IP%20Protection%20of%20Software.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7627">http://www.ncb.mu/English/Documents/News/World%20IP%20Day%202013/session%202/International%20IP%20Protection%20of%20Software.pdf</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7628" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7628" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7628" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/software_patents_fulltext.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7660">Patenting Software</a><br></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_1" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:auto; position: relative; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7720"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7719"><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="7" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7738"><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7737"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7736"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7718"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="2" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7717"><div class="link-enhancr-text-part link-enhancr-element" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 414px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7716"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7715"><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-shrink link-enhancr-toggle"></span><span class="link-enhancr-element icon icon-close link-enhancr-delete"></span><a href="http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/software_patents_fulltext.html" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7714"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-card-title" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_7713">Patenting Software</span></a><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element">Modern society relies heavily on computer technology. 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This event seem to have happened last year. </div><div id="yiv8587876850yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_4129"><br></div><div id="yiv8587876850yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_4129">Really the previous gov has been careless and totally unprofessional, hope this one is not so.</div><div id="yiv8587876850yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_4162"><div id="yiv8587876850yui_3_16_0_1_1431413927189_4161">
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