On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 06:16, Raja Guha wrote: > Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > Open Source or Free?? > > I do not consider myself to be a part of the Open Source Movement. > > It's ok for me to work with guys who call themselves Open Source people > > But appearing in public under the "Open Source" banner is not possible > > for me - don't ask why - it's a matter of personal opinion. > > I believe that taking a moral approach towards the entire thing is much > > much better. > > If the group agrees w/ your position, ie "Free" banner, would you be > willing to allow promotion of Open Source software and of the "Open > Source" idea by individual stall members?
i do believe in freedom of speech :) so, i will not have problems as such - though care must be taken that there is absolutely no confusion among the stall visitors > > What are your feelings if some sort of wording w/ equal billing could be > worked out? if the open source people are willing to listen to the occasional "It's GNU/Linux dammit!!!" from me while preaching their philosophy, it's ok ;) > > > With all due respect,getting Linus won't help > > Get RMS - and u'll see some real fire works > > but do we WANT fireworks? I believe, indradg has said that it is wise > to refrain from bashing even MS. I agree. In any case, i would be so > surprised if either showed up! > by fireworks, i did not mean bashing the way rms speaks, and the way he can enthrall the audience is absolutely brilliant (no first hand experience here :( and regarding rms showing up, FSF india is extremely keen to propagate Free Software in the Eastern region of the country - and last time, when rms was asked to visit kolkata, he just said that he is willing to come, but added that he won't be sponsored by a LUG if you can think of alternate ways of sponsorship, he may turn up - provided we approach him early - and i think, for COMPASS, it's too late as for Linus, I think he has a lot better things to do.... -iti- sdg PS: more on this thread later - hungry now -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
