[Fsf-friends] [FSUG-Bangalore] Fwd: Indian political party turns to FOSS

James Mathew james at gnu.org.in
Fri Oct 24 06:56:29 IST 2008


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Aswin M. Sahadevan <aswinms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Adopting Free software is certainly a good step for a political party.
>>  We need to hail BJP for this decision.
>>
> IMO, we must hail BJP but we should hail them as just another bunch of
> users but not give them cult status. It should just be looked at as some
> more users adopting free software and not as a political party. I mean,
> we shouldn't be endorsing BJP at the end of the day.


This is not the first time that a party has thrown its weight behind
Free Software. (http://www.cxotoday.com/India/Interview/We_advocate_usage_of_free_software_at_all_levels/551-81897-906.html).

James

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