On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 19:40 -0700, Visakh wrote: > But, sorry to be pessimistic - > going by the way government treats FOSS (eg: VAT e-filing), i wonder > if they or their agencies have any genuine interests in FOSS other > than immediate political ones.
Suspecting the real intention of a political party is natural, because our experiences have not been good. But, in this case, we know that the Chief Minister is genuinely interested in FS (he had favoured FS right from the time he was Leader of the Opposition). Moreover, I am not sure that favouring FS would gain much political mileage for a party. So I think the support given by the present ministry and the CPI(M) is genuine. Implementers are different, and they need not always think of FS. They may not even be favourable. I think that is why we see non-free software making its appearance frequently. So we need to be on our guard and point out such policy violations. > Still, I will support the idea and in petitioning them. So let us write to them and see what happens. We know that the Education Minister is also a supporter of FS. Let us write to the Higher Education Board and see what heppens. If not we will meet the Minister too. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
