Thanks to all follow ups and corrections and making it in the good direction. Sorry if i say something about some parties. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:17 PM, carbonmonoxide <aash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Free Software has politics associated with it, in its definition > itself. What makes free software good is _not_ its technical merit. > Its not the ease of use. It is the political stance of Free Software > that draws a lot of people towards it. It is akin to Free Speech. > Denying that Free Software is devoid of any politics like pure > software is a misconception IMHO. When we talk about free software we > are talking about software that gives us something more than purely > technical superiority or usability. When we use free software we have > the four freedoms. Free software began as a response to the use of > technology to restrict free flow of knowledge . Any response to a > denial of freedom _is_ politics. We, as a FOSS supporters' forum > should discuss politics associated with FOSS > > Any political party adopting FOSS in its manifesto should be > encouraged to do so and we should support them in implementing it once > they are in a position to do so. As FOSS supporters, I think our > thrust should be to see to it that all political parties have FOSS on > their agenda so that whoever gets elected will have a commitment to > implement it. > > > Regards, > Ashik S > > > -- My Site http://everlovingyouth.googlepages.com My Technical Write http://acutedeveloper.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
