Praveen whats your point here? You just rewrote what i,"explictly"
convey in the reply.


On 22/09/2010, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2010/9/20 Althaf <[email protected]>:
>> Let me put it this way.
>>
>> +Libre means freedom and none can stop you from free speech, let it be in
>> here or in any event, however look it this way in a "mnc" you are obliged
>> to
>> follow a dress code, now does that violate your freedom for dress choice?,
>> well no, when you are in a system we have to follow and respect its rules.
>
> Nobody is denying free speech here. Would you go an sing funeral song
> in a marriage? This group is about Free Software. Now you have every
> right to create your own group to promote proprietary software.
>
>> +What is wrong with a proi..try software? if that meets customer  needs,
>> let
>> them use it.However, us being FOSS user and evangelist we ought create
>> awareness among people about foss movement, not about propi..try
>> alternatives.
>
> Proprietary software denies Freedom to its users. We are here to
> spread that message.
>
>> +As i understand, we dont poke the eyes of prop..try companies, rather we
>> create awaress when they play clever, like the DRM issues! (iphone and
>> bluetooth?)
>
> Yes, we did not poke them. But we created our own software and showed
> it does not have to be only proprietary way. Their normal play of
> denying freedom itself is not acceptable to us. Obviously we don't go
> around and forcefully stop proprietary software. But we can definitely
> talk about the problems of proprietary software and build Free
> Software.
>
> --
> പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍
> You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your
> rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as
> they follow the rules: laws and constitution.
>
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