I feel, instead of squabbling over petty issues, all of us should first and foremost concentrate on getting the linux OS a foothold in the market. If people are aware of the OS and are willing to accept/use it, then only there will be any sense in talking about such issues like "open-source" or "free" or whatever. Ghora dingiye ghas khaoar ki kono mane hoi?
Hope that makes sense. K.Ghosh On 26 Oct 2002 13:13:19 +0530 Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
