> > My choice would be that the Govt. makes it mandatory for all hardware > donations to be independent of riders on software that can be installed on > them. Legal experts could site some clause about not allowing MRTP in > education. Last time we met, Nagarjuna had mentioned about school syllabus > having to be independent of brand identities. Then let the donors (anyone) > decide whether they can operate under this rule or want to back out. That > will also help the public get a better understanding of the benefactors. As > an organization, FSF India could prod the Govt. into making this rule. We > can write a letter with all our signatures and send it to the PM and other > Ministries. We could all meet at HBCSE to sign this letter.
Better still would be an online petition. http://www.ipetitions.com www.petitiononline.com I will follow up on this since I am now based in Delhi. Venky -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

