[FSF India] Talking about free software in schools

[M.P.Anand Babu]

"Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in> writes:
>    There is also greater demand.  Presently it looks like if we
>    could harness merely the demand created, we are already doing
>    what we should be doing.  But I do agree with you that we
>    should do it professionally.  However the problem is that we
>    are functioning mostly as individuals, though we sometimes
>    exhibit good coordination, I should admit that we are a
>    heterogenous group.  May be we need more ideas about how we
>    impliment this in a larger country like ours.
I agree 100%. Lets work towards that. I guess the Board members
should come  up with the coordination plans.

>    There is another problem.  The Mumbai group particularly
>    started as a GNU/Linux Users Group, and not as FSF - India.
>    When we went out and started talking about Freesoftware we
>    talked about everything under the sun, such as Free/Open RH,
>    SuSE, Caldera, Mandrake etc, including of course GNU/Debian.
We dont need to care about non-ethical distributions. Why should we
market for SuSe, Caldera, RedHat or Mandrake ?

>    We do have a big group, but if we start an explicit campaign
>    under the banner of FSF-I, I am afraid, I may be excluding a
>    few of the core members.  So the numbers that remain may not
>    be sufficient to support a movement.  On the otherhand, it is
Core members of what ?
What matters to us is the Ethics.  We need not be desperate about the
head count. 

RMS started FSF *ALL ALONE*

>    wise to be with the heterogenous group and continue to talk
>    about the ethics and politics of free software as and when the
>    opportunity arises.  E.g., I dont refuse to install RH or SuSE
>    in a workshop, though I would love to show them Debian.  I do
I will refuse.

>    make use of the opportunity to talk about the differences both
>    in substance and spirit.  I want to know whether others also
>    face similar situations.

best regards
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