[fsug-bangalore] Sign the petition to force VTU to use FLOSS

[Vivek Varghese Cherian]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:46:58AM +0530, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati wrote:
>>>Hi List,
>>>
>>>Here is your last chance to sign the petition since we are thinking of 
>>>winding it up on June 5th. 
>>>Please read and sign the petition at 
>>>http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign
>>> below is the signature by RMS
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>>80. From Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org <http://gnu.org>>: Schools of
>>>all 
>>>levels should insist on Free Software, because proprietary software 
>>>prohibits learning and builds dependency. See 
>>>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html
>>>
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>FYI 
>>>
>>>--arky 
>>>Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati <rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com>


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Are there any plans to go and meet the Vice Chancellor of the VTU in person in
Belgaum to submit the petition ?

If this plan is after June 22nd you can count me in as one of the
volunteers willing to accompany the person taking the petition to
Belgaum.

I am an ex student of Kuvempu University Karnataka and i did my
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering as the last batch of
Kuvempu University before all the colleges under it were merged with
the VTU, baring the UBDTE Govt College of Engineering Davengere.

Also please consider meeting the Vice Chancellor of Kuvempu University,
Prof. K.Chidananda Gowda. 

http://www.kuvempuuniversity.org/kcgowda.html 
 
He is a fine gentleman and if we can approach him with the Free
Software idea he will be able to implement it in the UBDTE Govt
College of Engineering Davengere ( the only college in the whole of
Karnataka that has not merged with the VTU ).

-- 
Vivek Varghese Cherian
Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>