On 05-May-07, at 3:25 PM, PJ wrote: > Good point Kenneth. > > I don't know if the (constitutional type) of rules of ILUGD say that > ILUGD should be about Linux rather than GNU/Linux. > > I choose to use the label GNU/Linux (if I can remember to) because > for me > the concept of freedom embodied by GNU is more important than the > Linux part. > I'm interested in the free as in freedom part of what ILUGD is > about. The > impression I get is that ILUGD tends to be heavily focussed on the > free as > in freedom part.
in which case you have to focus on FOSS - regardless of platform, rather than linux or the more narrow GNU/Linux > > So there is indeed a religious bias in ILUGD against *BSD/windOSS/ > macOSS. you have a bias against things like freebsd, openbsd and pcbsd too? afaik they are more free than your GNU/Linux. > > But all kinds of people are welcome to join and change that bias. > Just as > the current crew will try and maintain that bias by converting you > to the > One True Way ;-) the One True Way is FOSS - regardless of platform > >> First establish freedel >> in Delhi - that has not been done yet, then worry about going all >> india. > > I disagree. Freedel has been on a reasonable footing so far and has > not > been particularly Delhi centric in the talks that were given, though > they were held in Delhi during that phase. I would not agree that Freedel has been on a reasonable footing. Edition 2 was a bit of a flop. Right now, three conferences could be said to be established - foss.in, calicut foss meet and the pune one. It would be nice to have a fourth in the north. And none of the three mentioned have any regional content - they just happen to be in different regions. > > Also, the people behind Freed don't want to focus exclusively on > linux per se. > Freed is about the concepts of freedom behind GNU/Linux, free > software and > free culture - concepts that are bigger than just Delhi (and > linux). This is > reflected in the name change. In that case GNU/Linux is even narrower than linux and if you are excluding BSDs and FOSS for other platforms, and i suppose in the cultural world anything written, composed, drawn with proprietary software even if released under CC - I dont think you going to go very far. > >> One thing we have learnt in the last 10 years is that the >> strength of the Indian foss community is in the regional bases. We >> must strengthen those. > > Yes, the strength of the linux community is anchored in local groups. > But there is a strength in the sharing of ideas behind GNU/linux over > larger regions. > > It's the same for freedom. > > You apply the ideas locally - but the principles behind them are > global. I agree - so apply them locally in that region. We cant afford to have various groups setting up conferences and planning to hold the same conference in different parts of the country. It is not going to happen - and will be disruptive. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
