<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Praveen A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pravi.a@gmail.com">pravi.a@gmail.com</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;">
2008/11/16 haynes davis <<a href="mailto:haynesdavis@gmail.com">haynesdavis@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Anivar was one among the organizers. If he was serious enough about the<br>
> boycott Novell protest he could have convinced the other organizing<br>
> committee members earlier itself. Why did he waited till the last day?<br>
> True spirit of Freedom should make us help others to understand freedom<br>
> software better.<br>
<br>
</div>Because the fact that Novell is the primary sponsor is hidden by the<br>
organisers. Can you see Novell's name mentioned in the conference<br>
website?<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"></div></blockquote><div><br>see <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/11/17/0120203">http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/11/17/0120203</a><br>in which shyam says <br>
<br>HI, Myself one of the protestors of boycottnovell protest happened in kerala. I would like to summarize some points here.<br><br><i>The event was not organized by the Communist Party. Communist Party is promotting Free Software on several occasions and they have a good stand on Free Software. The event organizers are as seen here at the event site <a href="http://nfm2008.atps.in./">http://nfm2008.atps.in./</a> [<a href="http://nfm2008.atps.in">nfm2008.atps.in</a>] Some of the organizers were not having enough exposure to the Free Software world. That actually led to the situation of Novell being the platinum sponsor of the event. The whole problem is because of the igorance of the organizers on the subject. The organizers mishandled the subject without realizing the issue, as they have little knowledge about the issue raised by us.<br>
<br>Our concern was about Novell, and we wanted the general public to know the truth. For that we raised the posters telling them the reasons of boycott Novell. We didnot boycott the event. We did participate the event and tried to correct the organizers and tried to pass the correct information to the public. The organizers didnt realize this and they took their position with Novell due to their ignorance. and this mishandling of this issue caused the problems. <br>
</i><br><br>why do you think " he fact that Novell is the primary sponsor is hidden by the<br>
organisers " I think this is what you want others to believe. If it was their ignorance, will we not pardon their ignorance. I still believe some were not interested in correcting the organizers, rather to protest which was primary.<br>
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> So what i feel is Anivar was copyrighting the Boycott Novell protest for<br>
> himself. I dont believe he was interested in the ideological aspect of the<br>
> boycott novell protest in this case, rather he was using the issue to<br>
> fulfill his concealed agenda or else he could have intervened in the early<br>
> stages of organizing itself.<br>
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</div>Many of us in the community who know Anivar for a long time does not<br>
subscribe to this idea of Anivar acting on any concealed agenda as you<br>
suggest. He has closely worked with the Boycott Novell campaign from<br>
its launch.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Praveen<br>
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