[FSUG-Bangalore] on the question of banner of work in blr/kar

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

> 
> I can understand their interest in keeping their identity.
> But why are they not part of FSUG ? I feel they should be.

This is quite nice to hear..and shows the interest of fsf-I to be
inclusive.

> 
> We organised software freedom day in Trivandrum as a joint 
> program of SPACE, FSF India and Trivandrum GLUG. I belong to 
> Trivandrum GLUG as much as I belong to FSF India.
> 

> 
> I hope that you have seen my mail with story of Adivasi 
> movement adopting free software.I got a chance to stay there 
> and work with them for 2 days. The passion shown by them is 
> amazing. There are no better advocates of free software. They 
> started their own GLUG.

Yes . very nice. 

> 
> In SPACE I used to work with Fishermen in Trivandrum to 
> empower them with free software. I know that Anivar worked 
> for UNDP's network on free software to support people from 
> Tsunami affected villages. If I remember correctly 
> organisations of sexual minorities were involved in one of 
> the campaigns of FSUG Banglore. All these shows that all of 
> us are involved in one issue/campaign or other. We may not 
> share same vision in everything.
> But there is something we share in common that is our 
> philosophy of freedom of Knowledge. Let us work together on 
> that, that will help us learn from each other, help us 
> understand each other better, recognise each other better.


If we can have this sort of a left - margininalised community - free
software alliance - and fsf-I can consider 
It under one umbrella that's very nice..

> 
> What do you mean by 'hard core free software alone' ?
> 

But I get the feeling many times in blr..atleast that its more of 'free
software' and less of 'free society' especially because of the lack of
political understanding .. Yes however with a position like this from
fsf-I things will grow and change..