Submitted by admin on Sun, 14/08/2005 - 22:16.
Free Software is a matter of freedom, not cost. It is a matter of liberty, not price. The word `free' in Free Software has a similar meaning as in free speech, free people and free country and should not be confused with its other meaning associated with zero-cost. Think of Free Software as software which is free of encumbrances, not necessarily free of cost. Think of it as swatantra software.
FSF India is a non-profit organisation committed to advocating, promoting and propagating the use and development of swatantra software in India. Our goal is to ensure the long term adoption of Free Software, and aim for the day when all software will be free. This includes educating people about software freedom and convincing them that it is the freedom that matters. We regard non-free software as a problem to be solved, not as a solution to any problem.
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Submitted by admin on Sat, 20/10/2007 - 23:29.
FSF India Delegation Meets the Union Minister for IT
On 18th October, Dr. Nagarjuna, President, FSF India and Kiranchandra, FSF, Andhra Pradesh, met the Union Minister for Information Technology, A. Raja, and the Secretary, Ministry of IT, in New Delhi. Mr. Sitaram Yechuri, who helped arrange the appointment, also joined them. The meeting took place for about half an hour. The delegation raised several issues and submitted a memorandum (given below). Both the Minister and the Secretary informed them that the government is committed to taking a positive stand regarding open standards, and will work in coordination with FSF India on the issues raised. The secretary informed them about the work NRCFOSS and CDAC, Chennai, are doing with regard to FOSS promotion.
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Submitted by anivar on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 01:03.
The Save Kannada Campaign brings individuals and groups together in opposing Microsoft's "Letter of Intent" with the Government of Karnataka to establish paperless offices in the state. While the deal is undoubtedly to the advantage of Microsoft in furthering its monopoly interests, campaigners point out that the losers would be the people of Karnataka and the Kannada language.
Microsoft has an abysmal track record of Kannada language support. The version of Kannada rendered by Microsoft's operating system is riddled with errors and logical inconsistencies. Despite the fact that these errors have repeatedly been brought to Microsoft's notice, appallingly, the company has refused to acknowledge the blunders. These continue to be shipped with the company's products. And so, if the proposed partnership with the state government comes through, error-filled Kannada will be Microsoft's new gift to Karnataka's schools, colleges, offices, and government departments.
Submitted by anivar on Mon, 10/09/2007 - 15:01.
The official committee appointed by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) after considering all the issues with Ecma OOXML for becoming an ISO standard decided to disapprove (NO) with comments.
The entire process took more than three months of relentless work to understand the 6000 page document, raise the issues, reply to responses from Microsoft. FSF India played an active role in this process and worked in coordination with the ODF Alliance India. The deliberations of the meetings are minuted and most of the issues raised have been documented. These documents are available at http://odfalliance.in/OOXML.html.
FSF India acknowledges the support from the Industry, particularly from Sun Microsystems, IBM, Google and Redhat, various people from academic organizations, and several of the free software activists who wrote and spoke on several occasions in several forums creating awareness on the issue.
Submitted by anivar on Sat, 25/08/2007 - 21:59.
Dr. Sasi Kumar, a member of FSF India's Working Group, talks about the organization's past, present and future, and shares how they have impacted India, in an interview with Blue GNU.
In the interview, Dr. Sasi speaks about FSF India's inception, some of the major activities taken up so far, and the challenges that lie ahead.
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