It is not my concern for not making you sit on the Dias stage.<br>First you said you were not invited for the session organize.<br>Then, you accepted that you were invited to hold a session under you.<br>But this is not the actual talk of the discussion.<br>
<br>We are not in a descriptive manner explained about,<br>1) Why the Kochi Conference had a protest against Novell, why cant that be made when the lend a hand towards you (As you were already informed, the proof is the mail scraps at <a href="http://www.gnu.org.in/kochi-conference-communication">http://www.gnu.org.in/kochi-conference-communication</a> ). Why on that day, why not before that? <br>
2) Why the Free Software Foundation is not considered to be a Mass Movement. If its not, its not going to be a community. You spoil the real nature of Democracy (and in turn Freedom) in that.<br><br><br>Rgds,<br>Arvind<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:00 PM, V. Sasi Kumar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sasi.fsf@gmail.com" target="_blank">sasi.fsf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 14:27 +0530, Arvind Kumar Chinniah wrote:<br>
> Excellent go ahead with your complete strategy on and against the<br>
> democratic stance on freedom and software.<br>
> You were informed about that, else I don't know how you were present<br>
> in the campus ? (A BASIC LOGIC MESS).<br>
<br>
</div>I did not understand what I was informed about. If you are talking about<br>
the Cochin University conference, yes, I was not only informed, but also<br>
invited to chair a session. I declined the offer because I had another<br>
commitment and I was not sure whether I would be able to even<br>
participate in the conference. I informed the organisers not to make me<br>
chairman for any session because of this confusion. I told them that I<br>
would participate if I could. So what is your problem? That I did<br>
participate in the conference? Are you saying that I should not have<br>
participated?<br>
<div><br>
> And even dont know how you guys went on through taking sessions that<br>
> too from the first day morning.<br>
<br>
</div>You mean to say that those who had agreed to take sessions should not<br>
have? So that it would throw the conference into confusion? So that you<br>
could have then blamed these people for having created the confusion?<br>
Sorry to disappoint you there.<br>
<div><br>
> A symbol can be patented, even I'm against it, pls get to know abt<br>
> that if u r ignorant. (Hope this can be made as a separate thread of<br>
> discussion).<br>
<br>
</div>Thank you for the knowledge. I did not know that a symbol could be<br>
patented. Hope you are knowledgeable about patents.<br>
<div><br>
> You said you accept the money or incentive, if you were sponsored, on<br>
> their willingness. The case in Kochi Conference also is the same.<br>
> All the linux user groups were asked for sponsor, Novell user group<br>
> came out with a quote for sponsoring at the platinum level.<br>
<br>
</div>Oh so was it the Novell user group that sponsored the conference? Must<br>
be a rather wealthy group if they could become the Platinum sponsor of a<br>
conference that hosted 1500 people.<br>
<div><br>
> The question is "Are you the only authoritive to make decisions on<br>
> free software in India ?"<br>
> I was actually expecting an answer for this. And the other are all due<br>
> to the way you made your statement page.<br>
<br>
</div>Of course not. Actually, I don't make any decisions on free software in<br>
India. It is actually the governments and the people who make decisions.<br>
We Free Software advocates talk to them why they should adopt Free<br>
Software and Free formats. That is all.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
</font><div><div></div><div>V. Sasi Kumar<br>
Free Software Foundation of India<br>
<a href="http://swatantryam.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://swatantryam.blogspot.com</a><br>
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