[Fsf-friends] SLYNUX - Gaining Cheap Popularity

[Laxminarayan Kamath]

On 6/28/05, Joe Steeve <joe_steeve@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 10:35, Dileep M. Kumar wrote:
> > But right from the news in Hindu, he claims that he build an OS based on
> > linux and it is user-friendly like Windows. This is making false
> ...So., I dont
> think we can actually blame him with anything. Its just unfortunate that
> the people supporting him in his activities dont realize these things
> either.
     Exactly.. The scenario is such that the most people away from the
s/w industry  take software for granted, without considering the
license... When a non-industrial Indian installs software , they just
press "next" when the License page is displayed.. Just as their
hardware vendor or the next door "computer guru" had taught them. And
for those do(may be if they have nothing else to read and bored ;-) )
they dont care because for most of them avoiding taxes and law is a
matter of business and pride. It is a small percentage of "educated"
population who care about education. As such people are more have
flooded, and communication between really ethical people, with thirst
for knowledge Always gets either poisoned or blocked by the other
"majority", .As such even for a person who is very ethical who prays
to God, you can find him using Pirated  Software with all the good
glory going on in his mind with the ignorance of Licensing.. You can
find educational institution being opened up by lighhting a Lamp in
front of the Lord, providing IT education, on Pirated Software.
In such a place where people are ignorant that ethics also apply very
much to "new technology", you can find plenty of such mistakes like
that of Sarath.

       In a different angle , There are these so called "Computer
People" and "Computer scientists" , upon whom other people used to
look as Gods. Their word was always final. These software people or in
newer terms "hardware vendors", when questioned about the dialog they
used to get about the license, just used to say"just ignore it ..
press next". Their words wew final. They were bound to press next. And
for the hardware vendors, they too were affected with the pride of
avoiding the law. It used to (and still does) gives them the feling
"the law doesnt apply to me. i am the King" they dont realise
themselves as part of the community. And for those few who did, were
crushed by the business of those who didnt.

Sory for getting carried away from the topic a little. There was a
stack overflow in my emotions module.
     

> --
> .o. A proud GNU user
> ..o
 Me too .. :-)

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