Dear Karthik, 2009/10/14 Karthik Shanmugam <[email protected]>
> RMS's collection of essays is titled as 'Free Software and Free Society' he > did NOT stop with 'Free Software' > > sk > > I think that is what Senthil said in point c). Best wishes, Edwin > > > --- 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]> > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak > peek<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_2/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> > . > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > >
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