On Monday 22 September 2008 01:00:18 Gora Mohanty wrote:
(b) Should Sarai, as an avowedly FOSS organisation, use
proprietary software in a public demo? My opinion is no,
but again I believe that this should be done through peer
pressure, rather than outright banning. The person in
Infiltrating the world of Windows and Mac with FOSS, getting them hooked
on free software and eventually tempting them to try the OS itself,
might just be a more effective way to get the masses in. (notice how
the last line looks like something billg@ might have said about his OS
several
Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
I admire that piece and completely agree with you. Instead of asking new
users to relocate, lets put more and more FOSS things on windows. Once they
are ok with Firefox, then OO.o...and much more, it won't be much of an issue
pulling off Windows base and replace with
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya
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Infiltrating the world of Windows and Mac with FOSS, getting them hooked
on free software and eventually tempting them to try the OS itself,
might just be a more effective way to get the masses in. (notice how
the
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2008, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
[snip]
At the risk of a flame war debating between GPL and BSD licences,
this is exactly the difference between the two licences, IMO of
course.
* GPL restricts complete freedom, by putting in conditions, for the
higher goal of software
Ravikant happened to be attending the event, and I believe it's his
choice what OS he wants to use.
It is his choice to use the OS he wants. Whats more important is that
he was using Firefox on Winblows which is very much a FOSS product.
(for running the launched site). Free software is
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:32 AM, gajendra khanna
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Ravikant happened to be attending the event, and I believe it's his
choice what OS he wants to use.
It is his choice to use the OS he wants. Whats more important is that
he was using Firefox on Winblows which is very
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 22 Sep 2008, shantanu goel wrote:
[snip]
Now, instead of straightaway taking a call, my question is as to
the why behind the particular pic in question. Is it because Linux
was not able to fit the bill technically
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:42:19 +0530
Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent, and sarai's
contributions to the foss community commendable,
i think we must take a call in principle, on the use of proprietary
software at any foss event
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:42:19 +0530
Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent, and sarai's
contributions to the foss community commendable,
i think we must
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:37:47 +0530
narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:42:19 +0530
Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent,
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:37:47 +0530
narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:42:19 +0530
Linux Lingam [EMAIL
dear all,
heck! abhinavy2j rightly points out the irony and embarrassment of the
use of microsoft windows, during the SFD.
though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent, and sarai's
contributions to the foss community commendable,
i think we must take a call in principle, on the use of
2008/9/21 Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
heck! abhinavy2j rightly points out the irony and embarrassment of the
use of microsoft windows, during the SFD.
though the software being shown may be gpl or equivalent,
We call it Freedom inside jail here.
Cheers
Praveen
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2008/9/21 Jeba Singh Emmanuel | जेबा सिंह ईम्मेनुयेल [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
setting a rule or policy to not use something, even in principle: is
freedom? Shouldn't the users be deciding for themself? isn't that the whole
idea?
of whose? Can you give some references?
Cheers
Praveen
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Well, the questions are manifold here...
Free Software or Software Freedom Day does not (and should not)
restrict the propagation of the idea of freedom on any platform, be
it windows or linux. Freedom inside jail is better than no freedom at
all.
I think the question put forth by Linux Lingam is
On Monday 22 Sep 2008, shantanu goel wrote:
[snip]
Now, instead of straightaway taking a call, my question is as to
the why behind the particular pic in question. Is it because Linux
was not able to fit the bill technically for the activity involved?
Or is it just because there wasn't any
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