As a result FSF India does not have these extra funds at
this moment. We thought of bringing this to the notice of free
software community, and explore the possibility of support. This is an
appeal to contribute to FSF India. Since we do not have enough time
to make alternative arrangements we seek your active support at this
needy hour. Even if the support is small from each of you, if more
people give a small sum, we will be able to make sure this will
happen. The additional required budget is around Rs. 150,000/- (or
around $3000/-). If you also know any one who could sponsor a ticket
or part of the ticket do let us know.
The conference registration was kept free and we thought we could
manage well with our earlier budgets. Conference registration
continues to be free, but do consider sending donations. You may also
consider becoming taking fellowship (http://www.gnu.org.in/fellowship).
Apart from that, if every member of this list donates Rs. 50 each, the
problem will be suitably resolved. After all what is Rs. 50 for the
future of the license which has been the cornerstone of FOSS for so
many years.
Regards,
Debarshi
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"I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep.
That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?"
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