On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear FOSSouls, > > > We all know a song 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' (aired in 1987 on DD for > the spirit of national integration). > > If this song is available under some public license, can we use a > modified version as 'Mile Code Mera Tumhara, Toh Software bane Hamara' > for our FOSS events and beyond? > > What do you think about conveying the spirit of the 'Free Software > Song' using this Hindi version? >
By substituting Sur with Code, the poetic metaphor of Sur is lost, since the English code may have restricted meaning. I do not see why we cannot sing the same song as it is, since Sur is also our voice/speech. the spirit of let us talk together, let us sing together or let us stream and dream together is already part of the song. Considering that sur is also a symbolic expression, code is already implied there. But, enjoy the freedom to substitute if that is what you want. do not hesitate to use your fundamental right and wait for others, in this case DD, to give you the right to be a human being. -- GN _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
