>>Visual similarity to Stallman shouldn't be one of them (Remember RMS has done >>a lot of contribution<< I would like to clarify one point. RMS is not just a contributor to the Free Software movement. He initiated the GNU project as well as the FSF. And he inspired each and everyone of us to use, spread and contribute to Free software. If RMS himself had thought about it only as an alternative technology to proprietary software, the FSF wouldnt be in its present form now. He is not just a techie. He thought about the ethical side of free software. He wrote the GPL and thus he also thought about the legal side of free software. He works not just as a techie but also works for the ethical and legal side of free software. If it was not the GPL we still wouldnt be using the GNU/Linux platform. It wouldnt have been free if not for the ethical issues considered by great people like RMS. We as a community try to do our part and its just a local community, part of the whole free software movement.
>>I demand you rename it to "Freedom Movement".<<< And by renaming it to Freedom Movement, is there any law that it shouldnt include software/technology. So whatever you rename it to ultimatley it goes side by side, Free software is a way of ethical living in the technology world. @Kenny >>Anyways, free software movement has to be about software.<< Yea ofcourse its about software. Nobody says software/technology is not involved. But what is repeatedly said here is that it is not just a technology. Its about the freedoms that come with it. And if proprietary giants are releasing it as free software, its most welcome(good step). So friend, technology basically remains the same whether its proprietary or free software, technology was there even before the Free software movement started. But what we stand for is the freedoms that should be given to developers and users. So making it more and more clear its about the "freedoms that one should be given in the technology world". Of course there is more space for development of better technology in free software since each and everyone of us have the freedom to work on it. -- Anoop Jacob Thomas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
