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Hi Kannan,<BR>
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Your 'revelation' is indeed very amusing. This simply shows your <BR>
arrogance and ignorance about the Free Software movement.<BR>
<BR>
People are free to join a project and move out of it at their own <BR>
will. That's based on money or something else, depends on their <BR>
'Freedom of choice'. <BR>
<BR>
Though you have the 'Freedom to criticize' the Swathanthra Malayalam <BR>
Computing(SMC) for their invaluable contributions to Malayalam <BR>
localization (they deserve these blames for doing a lot of good to Malayalam language for nothing ! ), try to understand what they are <BR>
doing and if possible contribute something to your language.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Maxin B. John<BR>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 Anivar Aravind wrote :<BR>
>On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:09 PM, A Kannan. (CUSAT)<BR>
><forukannan@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
><snip><BR>
> > Take the case of Malayalam localization. These guys did this <BR>
When fund got<BR>
> > exhausted they shifted to Space. They will come out with another <BR>
initiative<BR>
> > when the government changes.<BR>
></snip><BR>
><BR>
>Dear Kannan,<BR>
><BR>
>I dont know about your mafia theory . But Why you are taking the<BR>
>credit of malayalam Localization from Free Software Community in<BR>
>Kerala. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing Initiated by Baiju M in 2001<BR>
>did most of the Localisation of GNU/Linux desktops. In between some<BR>
>projects like Keltron project you pointed & UNDP supported Project<BR>
>through K-BIP also contributed to Localisation of GNU/Linux desktops.<BR>
>Still Swathanthra Malayalam Computing(SMC) is the biggest Free<BR>
>software developer Community in Kerala, with representations from all<BR>
>sectors of society. SMC is completly working in a peer model and not<BR>
>accepted any money yet from any agency for its work. Your Ignorance<BR>
>about Free Software Community initiatives is ok.. But dont attribute<BR>
>the work of free software community to Govt agencies & NGOs<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
> ><BR>
> > If the government had entrusted localization to a commercial <BR>
software<BR>
> > company , after inviting tenders and with a condition that the <BR>
code<BR>
> > developed is GPL , the task might have been over in a very short <BR>
time.<BR>
> > The localisation will go on for ever and malayalam will eventually <BR>
die.<BR>
><BR>
>Ho.. Tenders for Localisation with a condition "code developed is <BR>
GPL"<BR>
><BR>
>Great!!<BR>
><BR>
>All Free Software Projects are not in same license. If there is<BR>
>tender like this. malayalam localisation may be died long back.<BR>
>And Localisation is not a Fixed time task to be completed on time.<BR>
>There is no finishing point for localisation work. Localisation is a<BR>
>continuous cultural process. Those who are in a project/money mode<BR>
>thinking cant understand it.<BR>
><BR>
>Do you know malayalam is officially supported now in Gnome (2.16<BR>
>onwards) and in KDE(4.1 onwards)<BR>
>At least 2 distros (Debian and Fedora) can be fully installable in <BR>
Malayalam now<BR>
>SMC is popularised the user to producer model of free software in <BR>
kerala<BR>
><BR>
>Ignorance is fine. But dont make it as a Power to tarnish the work of<BR>
>Free Software Communities<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>Anivar Aravind<BR>
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