This is the post:
> Today I received a mail from FSF India list about a new logo for FSF
> India. Curious to see how this fine logo was produced using free
> software i checked it up using pdfinfo, here is the result
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ wget -q http://gnu.org.in/graphics/FSFIndia.pdf
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ pdfinfo FSFIndia.pdf
> Title: FSFIndia.pdf
> Creator: Adobe Illustrator 9.0
> Producer: Adobe PDF library 4.800
> CreationDate: Sat Apr 26 04:18:34 2003
> Tagged: no
> Pages: 1
> Encrypted: no
> Page size: 595.275 x 841.89 pts
> File size: 56828 bytes
> Optimized: no
> PDF version: 1.3
>
>
> I was shocked and surprised at this blatant use of proprietary software
> by FSF India. Now curious to see if this is an aberration or a practice,
> I checked other posters from the site.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ wget -q http://gnu.org.in/graphics/poster01.jpg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ ./jhead -v poster01.jpg
> Exif header 5530 bytes long
> <snip>
> Software = "Adobe Photoshop 7.0?"
> DateTime = "2003:03:18 15:14:43?"
> <snip>
>
> nuff said, but insults to Stallman and FSF do not end here, The text in
> poster5, http://gnu.org.in/graphics/poster05.jpg asks all of us to use
> "Linux" that too in bold red colour. It is also a good exercise to
> check other pdfs in that page.
>
> I do not want to make any comments about the hypocrisy of FSF India, as
> facts speak for themselves. But one thing is sure, people responsible
> for this have no clue about the principals of Free Software or GNU
> project or are least bothered about all that. If there is some one in
> FSF india who care about the stuff written in the posters please bring
> out a public apology for doing exactly opposite of what you all have
> been preaching for long and redo all the graphics using free software.
>
> raj
>
> PS: The pages referred here are from http://gnu.org.in/graphics/. I know
> this is a bit off topic here, but the main FSF list do not tolerate any
> critisism of FSF India.
>
And this is the reply:
>
> Actually none of those documents has bee produced by FSF, India or
> other. They are all contributed by individuals, on the invitation of
> FSF-India to make appropriate posters, logos, etc. I guess you could
> carry advocacy/fanaticism to the point of not accepting any document
> (which includes pdfs and graphics) that has been produced using
> proprietary tools, but it'd be a bit extreme IMO.
>
> Similarly, the Kandalaya logo was produced by a professional using
> Adobe Photoshop. I have no compunctions in putting it up on my web
> site, even though I myself wouldn't use Photoshop (and not just
> because I don't even know how to draw a circle in Gimp either!)
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Raju
Now i can't agree with this reply. what is your opinion?
jaybrata
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