Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: >> 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. > > > Do the politicians take note of online petitions? There is so much online activity going on. Since you are in Delhi, sending a nice paper letter across to the Ministries would be more attention grabbing. We could format a common letter and GLUG-BOM could meet this Sunday and add signatures. That mail is then couriered to a common place in Delhi where other GLUGs do the same. Then all the mails are sent across to the PM's office in person.
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