[Fsf-friends] US politics to FOSS!!

[Vikram Vincent|ವಿಕ್ರಂ ವಿನ್ವೆಂಟ್]

Hello

On 21/03/07, Nishan Naseer <nishan.naseer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Tinku,
>
> <quote>
> "with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from engaging in commerce"
> </quote>
>
> Is it the US Law, against which we should protest, or someone who has no
> option, but to follow it.


Well we should stand against any sort of coercion whether external or
internal. The above is an example  of one such coercive policy.
Our fight should be directed against the policies and the policy makers and
simultaneously the alternate policies must also be propagated.

Thanks,
> Nishan.
>
>
>
> On 3/21/07, Tinku Sampath <tinkusam at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Even though Google is widely recognized as an organization which is
> > showing
> > commitment to FOSS promotion (primarily for their business expansion),
> the
> > same time company act as an agency for applying US politics to the FOSS
> > which is open to all in this world regardless of the bounds of country,
> > language, and culture.
> >
> > ( http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60280&topic=10730)
> >
> > """
> >
> > * Who's not eligible to participate as a student in Google Summer of
> Code?
> > *
> >
> > Google employees, interns, contractors, family members, or citizens of
> > Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we
> > are
> > prohibited by U.S. law from engaging in commerce, are ineligible to
> > participate. Mentoring organizations that are taking part in *Google
> > Summer
> > of Code* may add additional stipulations regarding which students may
> > participate in the program under their auspices.
> >
> > """
> >
> > We are fighting against the unhealthy policies put forwarded by
> > Organizations and Governments (eg: DRM) which are against freedom. At
> the
> > same pace, we have to protest against this anti social behaviour...
> >
> > ---
> > Tinku Sampath
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>
>
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> nishan.
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