---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikram Vincent <vincentvik...@gmail.com> Date: 2009/1/5 Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Comrades' new-found love with IT To: "V. Sasi Kumar" <sasi....@gmail.com> Cc: fsf-friends <fsf-frie...@mm.gnu.org.in>
2009/1/5 V. Sasi Kumar <sasi....@gmail.com>: > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 21:38 +0530, Vikram Vincent wrote: >> Let me try to sketch out a possibility you may not have thought about... > >> <possibility> >> Some youth who were inspired by the ideals of free software and >> FSF/FSFI wanted to contribute their efforts to building the free >> software movement in TN. They were not aware about FSFI's policy on >> local chapters(I can safely say that not many knew that until >> recently) and did not know that they would have stones thrown at them >> for using the FSFI logo and also branded as "misguided activists of a >> political party". They invited people who they felt would support the >> cause of free software. Due to being extremely busy in organising such >> a program they were not able/forgot to send a mail to the required >> lists. >> Then certain people on this list, instead of trying to guide these >> youth, started throwing stones at them. Youth do not want to be beaten >> with stones and hence do not reply to FSFI's mail. >> </possibility> >> Sasi Sir, >> In your wisdom please see if such a situation is even remotely possible. > > Thank you for presenting another possible scenario. But this still > leaves me with several doubts. They knew of the existence of FSFI, > enough to use the logo. The minimum they could have done was to write to > any of the FSFI mailing lists to inform FSFI about their intentions. > They did not do so. FSFI wrote to the email id given in their website to > ask about the people who were organising the conference. There was no > response. If someone wants to condone these things, they will have to > admit that these people were very naive and ignorant. But the contents > of the newsletter they had put up on their website showed that they were > not all that ignorant about Free Software or FSF. > > Dear Vikram, > > I don't think I am a very wise person. There is too much to understand > about life for most people to become really wise in their lifetime. In > my limited wisdom and intelligence, I think the scenario you have > described is possible, but very highly improbable. The fact that you have admitted that this is a possible situation is sufficient. In a court of law, if there is room for doubt then an entity cannot be condemned and thus unless the situation I have sketched out is disproved beyond reasonable doubt the "Chennai conspiracy theory" stands demolished. -- Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://swatantra.org/ _______________________________________________ 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/