[Fsf-friends] Membership of the Free Software Foundation

[Nagarjuna G.]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 06:16:46AM +0530, Arko Provo Mukherjee wrote:
> Exactly, it should be country specific. 
> In India, FSF can charge may be Rs 200 for normal people and Rs 100 for
> students. I would definitely donate in such a case.
> Regards
> Arko
> 

We are going to have membership scheme for FSF India too.  We are just
getting the things prepared before the announcement, such as a site
with credit card processing, and an office to recieve cheques etc.

Nagarjuna

> On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 15:32, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
> > THE ADVERT in the May 2003 issue of Linux Journal was interesting. It 
> > said:
> > 
> > 	"Become a card carrying member of the Free
> > 	 Software Foundation. Your membership dues
> > 	 help FSF protect your freedom to use, study,
> > 	 copy, modify, and redistribute computer
> > 	 software, fight for rights of all users of
> > 	 technology, and defend the GNU GPL...."
> > 
> > But the $120 associate membership fee ($60 for students) could put it 
> > beyond the reach for many in the Third World. Could the FSF think of a 
> > special South Asian rate for potential members in this part of the globe? 
> > There's a lot of interest in your ideals here... but try not to price it 
> > beyond our reach. Thanks. FN
> 
> 
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