[PLUG] will pune join the fun? campaign for document freedom?
dear all, have you see the buzz grow? 01. it started off with NITC hammering this open letter to TCS, Infosys, Wipro. these students, (and potential future employees of these companies?) demanded not just openness in software, but transparancy in software business dealings. read the letter here: http://fossmeet.in/node/128 02. then, this evening, a candle light vigil will be held in bangalore, the IT hub of india to the world to take this further: http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_for_Document_Freedom#Candle_Light_Vigil_for_Document_Freedom and here http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsug-bangalore/2008-April/001435.html 03 meanwhile, the vidya college in thrissur also joined in: http://hiraneffects.blogspot.com/2008/03/dfd-08-request-considered-for-odf-as.html 04 anivar will hold a talk on this at barcamp bangalore http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_for_Document_Freedom#On_Barcamp_Bangalore_6 05. 57 campaigners have signed their names, and the open letter has gone to college noticeboards: http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_for_Document_Freedom 06. The respectable Hindu newspaper has covered this news today, in bangalore and in delhi's edition. has this hit pune's dailies? 07. finally, groklaw has picked up the news too. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080414181840439 with the massive student-community in pune, the foss movement's stronghold there, and the active PLUG community, am all eager to have you share with the world what you guys intend doing. the overall objective: Many Eyeballs Make Shady Dealings Impossible. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] will pune join the fun? campaign for document freedom?
There is no better rebuke than purposefully not paying attention (ignoring) the mighty ones when they are screaming for attention :-) All these companies deserve the same treatment... You are unnecessarily giving them free (as in ___ :-) publicity. Actions of the silent ones are sometimes mightier than the Words of the vocal ones... -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] will pune join the fun? campaign for document freedom?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ഓം wrote: | There is no better rebuke than purposefully not paying attention | (ignoring) the mighty ones when they are screaming for attention :-) | All these companies deserve the same treatment... | | You are unnecessarily giving them free (as in ___ :-) publicity. | | Actions of the silent ones are sometimes mightier than the Words of | the vocal ones... true - but even in cases of silent protest there has to be activities to promote awareness about the issue. else the silence becomes tokenism at best. explaining to folks who might think that document freedom isn't really their issue or their cup of tea would help get more aware+silent campaigners -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIBXMPXQZpNTcrCzMRAk+GAJ9csaLXPDR3G9p74H/Kek2KtambBACfWr84 BKViPxmCo8TmYeLU/AE1N3E= =MugI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
