[Fsf-friends] Re: RMS note to Vivaravicharam: GNU Swatantra

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Richard Stallman said on Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 10:23:06PM -0400,:

 > Before the FSF India was started, we thought of calling it
 > the Swatantra Software Sabha.

Sabha translates to 'association', 'group' etc. At the best, a club. 

"prathishtasn"  would be a  better word  for 'Foundation';  once again,
with sanskrit leanings and  universal recognition. In malayalam, it is
'prathishtapanam'.

At least, that is what I used in the Malayalam translation of the GPL;
and so far, no body has come up with alternatives.

"Free Software Foundation" is, in the translation, is

"Swatantra Software Prathishtapnam"

Or should it be 'prathishtaan'?

Pronouncing prathishtaan -

pra  - like the pr in pride, stress is on the r.
thi  - like 'the', with 'e' pronounced as the 'i' in 'ink'
sh   - like 'sh' in 'should' and 'she'
ta   - stress is on 't', similar to 'ta' in 'tawny' and 'tan',
       but 't' should sound like an explosion and a long 'a'.



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