[Fsf-friends] gnubhaaratI

[jnshah]

I feel gnu is sufficiently clear statement of what freedom means in the 
field of software.
It is the freedom of the community that reproduces freedom.
The indian version should have a name which is native. Hence Bhaarati
using itrans, for correct spelling I suggest we have
gnubhaaratI
Once the medium reaches the people as free software, message too will.
I hope there is no version of gnu that is not free.
Then calling gnu swatantra will be redundant.

-jitendra



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>Hello Anil.,
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>>mentioning about Gandhiji's principle ! a^&#8364;&#339;Swadesha^&#8364;? is
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>a word
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>> of Sanskrit
>>origin and its literal meaning is a^&#8364;&#339;My own nationa^&#8364;?. It
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>is a 
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>>propaganda term of
>>the fascist group named a^&#8364;&#339;RSSa^&#8364;? to spread their fanatic
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>agend
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>>a of Hindu
>>nationalism. 
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>Well.. the word 'swadesh' by itself dosent have any significance in history.
>The term originally was not coined by the RSS. the RSS derived it from what
>Gandhiji started calling the 'Swadeshi movement'. That movement is to boycott
>all foriegn goods, which were brought into the Indian market at that time.
>This he did inorder to protect the livelihood of the 'Villages'. So the
>movement's call was to boycott foriegn goods and to use only Indian goods. It is
>not a propaganda term as you've mentioned. The RSS and other Hindu fanatics
>have derived their current terminology from the original one.
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>>Usually a movement or philosophy is called after its originator. However a
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>only cults are named after their originator.
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>>product is referred by its shortest name for convenience. It is true that
>>major portion of the Linux OS is developed by GNU. So it can be named as
>>"GNU/Linux". Since there is no Linux OS other than GNU/Linux, the usage of
>>"Linux"  is justified by ease of use.
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>Linux is the kernel. And GNU is the rest of the stuff on it. Referring them
>together as *Linux* sounds immature and lame. Why not call *Chicken Biriyani*
>as simply *chicken* or simply *biriyani*. *Chicken* means something else and
>*Biriyani* is just too general., so there is a compulsion for the sake of
>understanding  to refer to *Chicken Biriyani* as *Chicken Biriyani* and not
>seperately though the product would sound better with a smaller name.. I pray
>you get the point.
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>Cheers,
>Joe
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