> Oops! Kenneth Gonsalves! Sorry about that! > >>> I suggest that we put this up on a wiki and get FOSS supporters across >>> the country to sign this. The more the number of signatures, the more >>> seriously political parties will take this initiative. >> >> all parties have spam filters in place. None of them take signature campaigns >> seriously. If we are to be taken seriously, we need to lobby. Arrange meets >> with political leaders. > > In a democracy, how else do we indicate public support for an idea? We > have plenty of supporters inside political parties and anything that > indicates popular support for free/open source will strengthen their > hands. Currently, IT is one among hundreds of issues that the > political leadership deals with. If there is public support for FOSS > adoption, it builds pressure on them to do something about it. Other > channels must also be explored, but signing this manifesto is > something tangible that the LUGs can do right now. Once this is done, > we can also take it to the education ministry, state governments etc. +1 for you too, all efforts are important in there own way , since you are talking about number game LUG definitely is good place to start and it also brings in the spirit of Together we stand .
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