[fsug-kochi-discuss] Fwd:[Re: [Fsf-friends] Re: Forming FSUGs in the country]

Raghavendra Bhat ragu@vsnl.com
Sat, 12 Apr 2003 11:00:27 +0530


Dileep posts :

>> We  are the 1st FSUG  in India

Sure, we are.  The 1st FSUG in India which has a majority of GNUheads.
The GNU angle is more important to us.


>>--Forwarded message from "Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in> --
>>
>>>>>Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:39:28 +0530
>>>>>From: "Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Re: Forming FSUGs in the country
>>>>>To: Arko Provo Mukherjee <arkoprovo@peacefulaction.org>


>>>>>> We are not going against GLUG  if we form FSUG.  We can go hand
>>>>>> in hand with them.  If it is FSF, it should be FSUG.

I  have seen RMS  insist that  if possible,  the Group  be named  as a
GNU/Linux User  Group instead  of calling it  as a Free  Software User
Group.  That  way, the  idea of freedom  in computing can  be conveyed
much easily.


>>>>> pass  a resolution  in one  of their  meetings and  announces on
>>>>> their web page

Existing `Linux' User Groups should move away and rename themselves as
GNU/Linux  User Groups  and resolve  in  their meetings  to refuse  to
support  `non-free' software.   This need  be reflected  in  their Web
Pages too.


>>>>> Such  groups  will  not  encourage  the  promotion  of  non-free
>>>>> software under  any free  operating system, while  promoting the
>>>>> use of free software anywhere.

The Group should stress the importance of the GNU Project first.  Such
groups should  discuss the  ethical aspects of  Free Software  and the
finer  nuances of  `what  free really  means  to a  computer user  ?'.
Licensing issues should  be discussed as well.  They  may even discuss
how  free  software can  help  businesses  and  stress that  free  GNU
software was born  mainly for preserving user freedoms  rather than to
help businesses.....

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