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

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Dileep M. Kumar said on Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 11:00:13AM +0530,:

 > >>>That sounds plausible to me.  If "kappam" is Tamil, is there an
 > >>>equivalent Sanskrit term?
 > 
 > The  word  Kappam  is  in   Malayalam  too.   There  is  another  word
 > "Chungam". This also means Kappam (A  sort of tax/fees given to a King

"royalty" in King's English. No pun intended - SeRiOuSlY.
 
 > I suggest Ganana Soothram for Software.
 > 
 > Sootram = Technique

Software  is   not  used  for   'ganana'  (mathematical  calculations)
alone. Of course, science graduates  on the list will have a different
opinion; I am speaking of the common perception. 

I suggest  that the word  'software' be used  as it is. English  has a
large number of foreign words, mostly from indic languages. 

Let the indic languages pay 'kappam' to the English language for once,
bu adopting an English word.
 
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