[Fsf-friends] Open Forum on GPL'd Software

eiid eiidp@md3.vsnl.net.in
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 12:59:24 +0530


It is to inform all of you that there will be an Open forum organaised by=
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Softwre Solutions Industrial Co-op Society, in Connection with Kerala Sum=
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of World Social Forum at Thiruvananthapuram. The summit will be conducted=
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26-29 Dec 2002. Exact time of Open forum will be announced later. The sub=
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of open forum will be "The GPL'd Software, Its relevence and utilation".


Dr. Achuth Sankar of CDiT, Thiruvananthapuram,=20
Mr. Arun M of FSF-India,=20
Mr. P. Rajeev of Democratic Youth Federation of India,=20
Mr Joseph Thomas of Appropriate Technology Promotion Society (ATPS-Kochi)=
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will be pesenting the subject.


ATPS-Kochi will be coducting a workshop on E-governance at 2.30 PM on 27t=
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2002. in connection with  Kerala Summit. This workshop will emphasis the =
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of GPL'd Software for E-governance.


ATPC-Kochi is publishing a  occassional publication to propagate the use =
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GPL'd Software. This publication is named "Vivara vicharam" and will=20
published in Malayalam. Its first issue will be released in next week.


Regards,


Anil kumar K V.