Hello, Though this is not an Open Source Topic, I thought it would be only appropriate for me to present an Information Security Conference which my firm is organizing in Cochin.
Please visit www.flconferences.com Warm Regards, Anup --- "M.Balakrishna Pillai" <mbpillai at asianetindia.com> wrote: > Hi all > > Following Cds are available with our group. > > Sarge update CDs (2 nos) from 3.1r0a to 3.1r1 > > and Single CD - RMS speeches. > > Patents- Barriers to development > rms-speech-patents-calgary-20050518-320x240.ogg > rms-speech-patents-calgary-20050518-audio.ogg > > What is Free Software > richard_stallman_speech_nchc_taiwan.ogg > richard_stallman-speech-nchc-taiwan_theora_video.ogg > > > What Should it Mean to Promote Free Software > richard_stallman-speech-for-curitiba-event-2003_theora_video.ogg > rms-speech-curitiba.ogg > > <quote> > Richard Stallman; > "This is a speech that I recorded so it could be > played at a free > software event in Curitiba, Brazil (the state of > Parana), in November, > 2003. A few points in the speech will not be clear > without some > background. > > The event was actually a corporate trade show, but > its title gave the > impression of being more of an activist event. The > organizers recruited > a free software activist to run the speeches track, > and he convinced me > to attend. Between the title and the fact that my > friend was the one > asking me, and the fact that the state government of > Parana was > sponsoring the event, I assumed it was bona-fide > free software activism. > I agreed to go. > > A scandal broke in Brazil when it became known that > the event had > accepted Microsoft as a major sponsor. My friend > tried to defend this as > "spending the enemy's money"; he didn't realize that > Microsoft knows > what it is doing when it buys its way into such > events. Then he told me, > "Besides, the other major sponsor was Oracle." > Most of our community is not sufficiently > politically aware to recognize > that Oracle's sponsorship ought to be just as > scandalous as Microsoft's. > Regardless of > who the owner is, non-free software tramples your > freedom. > > I was not sure whether to attend the conference or > boycott it. > Ultimately I was > unable to go to Brazil because of my broken arm. I > decided that any harm > my participation might do was already done through > the use of my name, > and that it was > better for me to give a speech about what had gone > wrong than not to do > so. > > In this speech, I sought to educate rather than > attack the free software > activists who participated in the event, as well as > the state government > of Parana, which I hope will continue promoting free > software in the > future, but next time will get better guidance in > how to do so." > </quote> > > > Some of our members shown interest in translation of > this into > malayalam. > > > With regards > > M.Balakrishna Pillai > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
