[Fsf-india] Time to start another flame

[CK Raju]

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Friends,
I think this would be an apt time to start off another flame on proprieta=
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licenses.

To set it going I have articulated my views on budget and IT in The Hindu=
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available at http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002031200791004.htm .
The President's address to Parliament, Union Budget and most of the decla=
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State Budgets contain references to the figures from Software Exports, bu=
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mention on the imported Software License costs (as if there is no=20
alternative).

RMS's presence not being covered in the Press can be taken up while=20
responding to it. Would the response been the same, had it been Bill Gate=
s ?=20

There is also  no mention of Free Software or GNU/Linux in this article, =
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of which could be perfectly used to champion a cause. Since The Hindu 'ed=
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the letter, it would be wise to articulate just one viewpoint at one go.

Options for sending opinion towards the article are available at that pag=
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can be directly sent to letters@thehindu.co.in (with full address).

:-) A mail a day might keep one proprietary license away.

Rgds,
Raju


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