[Fsf-friends] Sign an Open Letter to the CJI in Support of Prashant Bhushan

[Satish Babu]

This is not about the petition, but I'm wondering if there is a link
between Free Software and EVMs.

If I remember right, the original debate was if EVMs could be
demonstrated to be tamper-proof.

EVMs are some kind of computers, and consist of hardware and software
(in this case, firmware). The question of establishing if an EVM is
tamper-proof *can* be resolved if the community has access to the
source code of the firmware. After all, if the community has
sufficient skills to contribute to the Linux kernel, we surely have
the competencies to audit/inspect the source code of the EVM.

As a community, shouldn't we be therefore calling for public scrutiny
of the source code of the EVM?

best

satish



2010/9/28 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <raju at linux-delhi.org>:
> On Tuesday 28 Sep 2010, Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez wrote:
>> we need this kind of lists exactly to free people like this.
>> it is good to start discussions about what means freedom
>
> Thank you for being so concerned about the well-being of your fellow
> humans and so ready to lift them out of their ignorance.  If you removed
> that offensive patronising tone from your messages it would be even
> better.
>
> In the meantime, I still await the list admins' decision -- what is the
> scope of discussion on this list?  If it includes random spamming about
> "related subjects that concern every citizen" then include me out.
> There are enough lists run by NGOs, I'll join one of those when I want
> to be notified about each and every civil society issue in this country.
>
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