[Fsf-friends] Re: Net across borders

Rakesh Ambati rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com
Sat Dec 20 03:49:45 IST 2003


Raman,

 Yes,I heard the song too,it was in a album "Guru's of
peace".Software like music is not limited to
physical,political and geographical borders,its
formless.

FSF should connect people in heart and souls.

amen

-arky





--- Ramanraj K <ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
> 
> 
> >Rakesh Ambati wrote:
> >raman, indeed rms is the source of all life  and
> >energy of all of us(not for OSS folks,i guess ;-p
> ).
> >
> arky, really, this is what the OSS folks have to say
> about free software 
> (osi-:)
> 
> "The Open Source Initiative is  a marketing program
> for free software.
> It's a  pitch for  "free software" on  solid
> pragmatic  grounds rather .."
> 
> The Open Source Case for Hackers argues:
> 
> "Mainstream corporate  CEOs and CTOs  will never buy
>  "free software."
> But if we take the very  same tradition, the same
> people, and the same
> free-software licenses and  change the label to
> "open  source" -  that,
> they'll buy"
> 
> We can take their superficial attitude towards Free
> Software with a 
> pinch of salt.  More was discussed about the OSI
> forking in the November 
> postings to fsf-friends.
> 
> >I was reading about this two chaps in LUG of
> >Iraq,those guys need support,encouragement from all
> of
> >us.I wish rms give his blessing too.
> >
> >http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=7320
> >
> That was interesting.  I remember having seen a
> Pakistan linux user 
> group site www.linuxpakistan.net that used the
> expression "Powered by 
> Free Software", along with the gnu logo, in their
> web site so naturally 
> and appropriately, that it surprised me.  Many
> people here have great 
> difficulties and reservations in using the
> expression Free Software, 
> that ought to change.  While we are fencing our
> border at the cost of 
> 11,000 crores, we are also sending out a delegation
> of lawyers to 
> Pakistan on a good-will mission.  I am a great fan
> of AR Rahman, and in 
> his Vande Mataram album, there is this song:
> <quote>
> What are you waiting for?
> Another day?
> Another time?
> Some day we have find a new way to peace ...
> </quote>
> that was sung by the great Pakistani singer of all
> times: Nusrat Fateh 
> Ali Khan, to the tune of "porale ponnu thayee.."
> that was already a good 
> hit in a Tamil Movie.  I thought that music
> connected people well.  Free 
> Software is doing the same.  If States can find the
> real links that 
> connect people in heart and soul, we may save a lot
> of resources for 
> more constructive purposes.  Free Software is
> connecting people in a 
> real, purposeful and wholesome way, bringing in
> spectacular changes.
> 


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