[Fsf-friends] Free Software a Social Movement yet ???

Nidhin Sasi nidhin.sasi at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 20:40:04 IST 2009


*<In a boot-strapping process, there is a logical sequence of events.
<The final events come into existence only after the initial ones are
<complete. Here the initial part is schooling, which is fast maturing
<through Free Software initiatives. The dimension of this process may
<have reached a stage where it cannot be reversed or diluted anymore.
<It could well be a matter of time that rogue thinking is finally shown
<the exit door. Since this process is already in motion, it qualifies
<to be called a "Movement".*

I have some queries with respect to the above mail.

*1*.  It was mentioned in Anivar's mail that "*Even the decision to adopt
Free Software in
**IT at School* <http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends>* was
decided in an SCERT meeting (with the support of 85% of
teachers) much before  2006 elections*." . What efforts did the Free
Software Social Movement do to make this process in action thereby
qualifying itself to be called a "Movement" ?

*2*. In the above mail it is quoted "*Here the initial part is schooling,
which is fast maturing
through Free Software initiatives."* Can you mention few such initiatives to
get a better picture ?

*3*. How can the rogue thinking be shown the exit door, when even the
students who are taught Free Software are also not fully aware of the
Freedom values and the humanistic aspect of Free Software above the profit
oriented aspect of Proprietary Software? After just learning FreeSoftware
mechanically and not translating that to the level of Free Software creators
or technical knowledge, they would be again going to the world of
Proprietary Software for jobs, and hence needing to learn the Proprietary
Software tools burying their Free Software knowledge.? If there is any
initiatives by the Free Software Movement in Kerala in the schools regarding
creating awareness and campaigning kindly mention.
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