<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:51 AM, James Mathew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@gnu.org.in">james@gnu.org.in</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:45 AM, James Mathew <<a href="mailto:james@gnu.org.in">james@gnu.org.in</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:33 AM, sujith h <<a href="mailto:sujith.h@gmail.com">sujith.h@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I think this is an off topic for the list.<br>
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> First of all, this message was clearly marked OT.<br>
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</div>Clarification: OT was not in the original mail, and was inserted by Sujith.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>thanks for the information --- it would be better to insert while sending mail at first -- otherwise unnecessary waste of time, energy , and bandwidth.<br>
<br>sometime people ask money for conducting activities relevant to free software from free software foundation,<br><br>and then some people are interested to take help of free software movement / foundation to send money for our brothers and sisters who have got affected by floods,<br>
<br>and some are interested to make name and fame either using free softwares or free software movement or free software foundation..<br><br>--All this is fine --- free software could be used for whatever purpose a user wants.<br>
<br>BUT --- how many of us have really contributed to free software foundation --- and how many have we motivated to become fellow / associate of free software foundation .. ----------- i dont know how many of us ( including me )<br>
<br>carrying free softwares philosophy to any walk of life is very good -- but practical issues like when we go and ask for money we need proper channel to approach...<br>( there are many we can approach ---- my suggestion is if any one is relly interested collect some receipt books from fsf-india office and then go for collection --so that the one who donates will have a tax benifit and some money will go to fsf-india also ) <br>
<br>if some one from outside our country contact for donating looking at the mails either in the local fsug or fsf-friends list who do they contact ? fsf-india otherwise if a newbeee looks at the mail and wants to donate where he should ? it is to fsf-india then only he/she can get some tax benifit and also fsf can forward that amount which will good for all......<br>
<br>LETS contribute to fsf-india and request fsf-india to forward the funds to the relief fund.....if at all we are so concerned about free softwares,brothers and sisters in bihar...... and the integrity of our nation...<br>
<br>let us take associate fellowship --- visit the link below for further details <br><br><a href="http://www.gnu.org.in/associate-fellowship-of-fsf-india">http://www.gnu.org.in/associate-fellowship-of-fsf-india</a><br><br>
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