[fsug-bangalore] Participation by FSF-India in LB-05

[Shivakumar GN]

Reproducing one of the LB organisers response below.
Response couldn't have been any more encouraging to
anybody involved with FLOSS.

-Shiv

--- Atul Chitnis <mail at atulchitnis.net> wrote:

> To: Linux Bangalore/2005
> <linux-bangalore-2005 at yahoogroups.com>
> From: Atul Chitnis <mail at atulchitnis.net>
> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:29:37 +0530 (IST)
> Subject: Re: [lb/2005] Participation from FSF-India
> 
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Kanti Jadia wrote:
> 
> > Is FSF-India in the list of participants this year
> for
> > the event?
> > It would be great if a booth is given for the FSF
> > where  goodies can be put up.
> 
> We aren't a commercial "Linux" event to give the
> community a small stall 
> at the outskirts of the event, just to be able to
> claim that we have 
> "community involvement". :)
> 
> This event is *for* the community - talks and
> activities are *by* the 
> community. Therefore, by definitiion, the FSF is
> already a part of this 
> Free & Open Source Software event.
> 
> We have a big tradition of giving stalls to FOSS
> projects - front and 
> centre, pride of place. If more space is needed, we
> create it.
> 
> But putting up a stall alone isn't exactly what we
> call "participation" - 
> participation is a complete thing: participation in
> talks and discussions 
> about projects, issues relevant to to FOSS,
> brainstorming with other FOSS 
> groups like FOSS User Groups, SIGs, interacting with
> people, etc.
> 
> Given that the FSF is part of the FOSS community,
> this is their event as 
> much as everyone else's.
> 
> Atul
> 


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