normally,civil society activism dosen't bother about the right wing co-option of their agenda.earlier,zizek pointed out its dangeorus consequences.
--- On Sat, 14/3/09, Afthab Ellath <aftha...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Afthab Ellath <aftha...@gmail.com> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [fosscom] BJP accepts key sections of the > FOSS Manifesto > To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com > Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2009, 5:22 PM > Anivar, > > I think the questions Venu has raised still stands... > Should we rather raise these questions to BJP or appreciate > BJP for the first adopter of FOSS manifesto? > > Regards > > Afthab Ellath > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, > Anivar Aravind <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:26 PM, venukm <kmvenuan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I would rather not be party to this treacherous game > of sanghis to > > > muster support from people in the cyberworld. > > > One is tired of being asked to see those ugly > face(s) of fascism in > > > every other blog carrying adsense links! > > > > What I usually suggest is to click on each and > every advani add. so > > the poor Indian website owner will get Benefited and BJP > will loose > > money :-) > > BJP must understand Clicks are Not the votes. > > > > But the Campaign for Promotting Free Software & Open > standards to > > Manifestos are Different. BJP become a First adopter of the > points we > > put put up in FOSS Manifesto. I hope all the parties will > also adopt > > more and more points from the FOSS manifesto released by > civil > > society groups . Let Them Compete on Healthy Grounds .. > > > > > > Anivar > > > > > Just let them answer these questions repeatedly asked > : > > > Who killed thousands of innocent people in Gujarat > and Orissa with > > > actve connivance of state machinery? > > > Who perpetrate violence and against women , christians > and muslims in > > > Karnataka recently,especially in the coastal district > of Dakshina > > > Karnataka under the camouflage of one Sene or other? > > > Whio spread lies like India Shining in last > elections,whereas, India > > > was actually stinking, and sinking in shame with all > these crimes > > > against humanity and the media hypes to cover-up? > > > > > > > > > On Mar 14, 3:32 pm, Anivar Aravind <anivar.arav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >> From: Venkatesh Hariharan <ven...@gmail.com> > > >> Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM > > >> Subject: [fosscom] BJP accepts key sections of the > FOSS Manifesto > > >> To: netw...@lists.fosscom.in > > >> > > >> Dear Friends, > > >> > > >> Key sections of the FOSS manifesto (Point # 1 on > FOSS in education, # > > >> 4 on open standards, #5 on encouraging freely > shareable, FOSS based > > >> knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian > languages), have been > > >> strongly articulated in the BJP's IT vision > document that was unveiled > > >> today by BJP's prime ministerial candidate, > Shri LK Advani. The 40 > > >> page vision document is at: > > >> > > >> http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/images/stories/it-vision.pdf > > >> > > >> The press release is at: > > >> > > >> http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/799/281/ > > >> > > >> I am also enclosing my blog on this subject: > > >> > > >> Venky > > >> ===== > > >> > > >> http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/03/bjps-it-vision-supports-open-sour.... > > >> > > >> Saturday, March 14, 2009 > > >> BJP's IT Vision supports open source and open > standards > > >> > > >> The BJP, the largest opposition in India has > released an IT Vision > > >> document that endorses open source and open > standards. Many of the > > >> points mentioned in the FOSS Manifesto for India > that we put up online > > >> last week have been incorporated in this > document. > > >> > > >> This document was unveiled by none other than > Shri. LK Advani, the > > >> BJP's candidate for Prime Minister. I did a > quick read of the 40 page > > >> document and am impressed with how thorough and > comprehensive it is. > > >> As a long time supporter of free and open source > software, I am > > >> delighted to see a major Indian political party > endorse it. However, I > > >> am even more delighted to see that this > endorsement is rooted in a > > >> comprehensive vision for India's development. > A big chunk of the > > >> credit for this document should go to Shri. > Sudheendra Kulkarni (an > > >> alumnus of IIT Bombay) and Shri Prodyut Bora (an > alumnus of IIM > > >> Ahmedabad). Shri Kulkarni was advisor to Shri Atal > Behari Vajpayee > > >> when Vajpayee was prime Minister of India and Shri > Bora is Head of the > > >> IT Cell of the BJP. > > >> > > >> I was happy to see that the Digital Colonization > theme that my friend, > > >> Jaijit Bhattacharya of Sun talks about has been > incorporated in this > > >> document. Apart from the FOSS Manifesto, some of > my key passions on > > >> open standards (that we don't pay for > standards like weights and > > >> measures in the physical world, so why should we > pay for standards in > > >> the digital world?) have been reflected. Also, as > a co-founder of > > >> IndLinux.org which we started in 2000 in an > attempt to bridge the > > >> digital divide, I am happy to see that the BJP has > promised to create > > >> a National Mission for Indian Language Computing. > > >> The CPI(M), another national party in India has > always been a strong > > >> supporter of our stand on open source, open > standards and our fight > > >> against software patents. We are hopeful that > other political parties > > >> will also take cognizance of the FOSS Manifesto > and incorporate the > > >> same into their IT plans for India. > > >> > > >> With the country scheduled to go to polls next > month, we now have a > > >> broad consensus emerging around the use of open > source and open > > >> standards. This is great news for all of us who > believe in free and > > >> open source software! > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Network mailing list > > >> netw...@lists.fosscom.inhttp://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Any responsible politician should be encouraging a > home grown Free > > >> Software industry because it creates the basis for > future jobs. > > >> Learning Windows is like learning to eat every > meal at McDonalds.- Hide quoted text - > > >> > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home > grown Free > > Software industry because it creates the basis for future > jobs. > > Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at > McDonalds. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. 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