RMS's collection of essays is titled as 'Free Software and Free Society' he did
NOT stop with 'Free Software'
sk
--- On Wed, 14/10/09, Senthil S <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Senthil S <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [fosscomm] Another Struggle of FREEDOM for India : Follow Gandhiji
To: "Indian FOSS Community Network list" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 9:59 AM
> “You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying
> its orders and
> decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance.
> Allegiance to
> it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist
> an evil
> system with his or her whole soul.”
> -Mahatma Gandhi
>
Many time I find folks
a) restricting themselves to technology [ open source ]c alling the others
freedom fanatics
b) then comes the second group - restricting themselves to freedom only in the
software domain , their clarity on the nitty gritties of 'free software'
humbles me but at the same time their lack of basic awareness on aspects of
'free society' astonishes me
c) RMS or Gandhi dont restrict themselves to technology or software. RMS has
his own political blog. Gandhi is a pioneering political journalist who set the
tone for the entire press in India.
d) In software - the developer enslaves the user - extracts rent or royalty.
Hence with GPL we have free software.
e) In society - who enslaves whom - and whats the GPL - hence whats free
society
f) we have defined free software with precision - but free society - i guess
its still symbolism like 'into the heaven of freedom let me country awake' for
most of us.
g) Everything is connected :: health - education - software - poverty - freedom.
h) Its important to recognize the connections and see the system as a whole,
rather than seeing a small cog wheel in the machinery as the whole. the
proverbial blind men and the elephant [ without reducing the importance to work
strongly and protect commons in the areas we have are good at]
cheers
-s
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