On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 09:46, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
>
> Yes, why dont you draft the letter and after corrections if any
> FSF-India will send the letters to the groups.
>
> Nagarjuna
My Board Exams are going on.
But I shall definitely try to find out some time to do it.
In the mean time, it is also important to select cities and groups.
Regards
Arko
Hello guys,
Well, we all know that there are ilugs/iglugs throughout the country.
We can start FSUGS(Free Software User Group) in the main cities and
invite people to join.
They can run parallelly along with the ILUGS/IGLUGS.
Many people in the ILUGS don't believe in Free Software philosophy.
Thus establishing FSUG in different cities will help us to create user
groups supporting free software including GNU/Linux, BSD etc.
The coordinators of the mailing lists will be people from FSF=INDIA.
That way we can set policies.
I think this will also help in strengthening FSF-INDIA and also in
spreading FREEDOM MATTERS.
We can give URLS to them, like www.fsf.org.in/fsug/cal etc.
This will enable us to create country wide user groups under our
control.
I know that we already have a few FSUGs in the country, like in Chennai.
We can invite them to join us.
Waiting for comments and suggestions.
Regards
Arko
On Sunday 13 April 2003 01:06, zoyd wrote:
>I'm sorry for not being attentive. I read through this thread
>but
>couldn't understand why the fonts that Ravi has made can't be
>released
>under the GPL?
>
>And how much would the fonts cost for them to be released in the
>GPL.
Thing is since it is open type font, it involves scripting, which
is like
programming. So it is rather a piece of program than artwork. And
I can
perfectly understand his hesitation to release it under GPL.
Shridhar
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SUCH views only further the ideology of proprietorial software, while
confusing the subject and furthering the man-works-for-money-alone idea.
It also flies in the face of thousands of excellent programmers chosing
the GPL as their licence of choice. Perhaps someone needs to be
countering this. FN
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:07:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sukrit D <sd_root(a)yahoo.com>
> To: little_league(a)yahoogroups.com
> Cc: Kanhaiya Dalmia <dalmiag(a)vsnl.net>,
> Chennai ILUG <ilugc(a)aero.iitm.ernet.in>
> Subject: [Ilugc] Is the GPL completely misunderstood?
>
> Is the GPL completely misunderstood?
>
> What is the GPL?
>
> The GPL, GNU General Public License, is a license
> boilerplate that the FSF, Free Software Foundation,
> has put forward to be adopted by software developers
> that are creating software. The GPL has some
> fundamental flaws that may actually make one wonder if
> people using the GPL license really understand the
> license.
>
> First, one must understand that the ideals behind the
> GPL are that software should be 'free', meaning that
> you should be able to buy it, modify it, redistribute
> it, support it, etc. Many people, myself included,
> didn't really understand the license agreement and it
> is obvious that the FSF must get dozens of questions
> like that because they hide behind a boilerplate link
> to a page on their site.
>
> Therein lies one major hurdle. Another problem is that
> many people are under the impression that if it is
> GPL, the software should carry no cost. The FSF says
> that nothing could be further from the truth, however,
> the GPL ingeniously assures this because of its
> distribution clause. The first person to buy an
> application is generously allowed to distribute the
> code and the source, removing any financial incentive
> from original software author.
>
> Even the FSF has no idea how to build a business
> around software that is released GPL. I posed that
> question, and their response was fuzzy and vague. It
> was suggested that I run a different division to fund
> the software development division. As a business
> owner, why run a division that is a cost center if it
> isn't needed.
>
> With that in mind, lets consider a few scenarios
> dealing with GPL software. The FSF clearly states that
> someone can charge whatever amount they want for
> software and the source code. So, you take a contract
> with a company to develop software, do the right thing
> and release it GPL. You sell it to your client for
> $500, thinking, I spent dozens of hours writing this,
> I'll put a reasonable cost on there so that I can
> resell hundreds of them.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> But, what happens if I, as a client, buy your software
> along with the source and decide, hey, this is good
> stuff, let me sell it for $100 and flood the market.
> What happens to your income? It is gone. Someone else
> is making the money off your product -- your efforts.
> Even better, I can decide to distribute the software
> at no cost. And what you have to show for it is a
> license that allows your clients to do precisely that.
> Freedom.
>
> Lets analyze the flip side. Lets say that you decide
> to write the software and charge the client for every
> minute of your work. The client ends up with a
> software product that cost them $40000. Now, you
> decide that you want to resell that software. What
> price do you put on it knowing that your next client
> could decide to distribute it? If you cut the price
> too much, the client that paid you to do the
> development won't rehire you since you have given his
> competitor the tools to compete more easily. Companies
> generally dislike funding software development for
> their competitors.
>
> How about an idea you have that will revolutionize the
> world. Don't release that under GPL, there is no
> intellectual property protection. Have some secret way
> of doing something that is better than the way it is
> currently being done? Might as well just get rid of
> your competitive edge because the GPL will strip you
> of any rights you might have to that.
>
> See, the GPL in its Marxist form is a fine thought,
> but what does it really do?
>
> The GPL creates hundreds of software products that are
> mimic's of their commercial counterpart, many of which
> are poor imitations. Yes, I know, the market is new
> and there are years of existing software development
> to catch up with. But, most of these software
> developers have a job and do this as a hobby or are
> paid by a company to write software released under the
> GPL. But what have we done? We've turned over
> development to armchair developers. This isn't to say
> that there aren't good software projects developed
> under GPL, but they are in the minority.
>
> Without singling out any application, there is a
> software package that makes it truly evident that the
> programmers have no concept what the finished product
> is supposed to do or what the program they are
> mimicing actually does. It appears as if they have
> gotten together to develop a product to mimic a
> Microsoft product, pushed all of the buttons to see
> what the results are, and tried to imitate the
> actions. Push a button and see no visible result? Who
> knows how that button is supposed to work. We'll leave
> it in, but there's no code behind it. There is a lot
> of software that mimic's Microsoft, and yet, time
> after time, these are the same people that complain
> about Microsoft and what they do wrong. Then, to top
> it off, since they released it GPL, they ask for
> donations. Wait? Can't Freedom have a price?
>
> These authors don't know that they can charge money
> for their software and still release it GPL. Of
> course, after the first client, it will get
> redistributed at some nominal cost or free. Imagine,
> the first person that needs a program will buy it and
> then post it on the net for people to get without
> cost. Almost no different than the Commercial software
> market as it exists today. Ok, chalk up one licensed
> user that paid for the software. Authors ask for
> donations or have service contracts. Some applications
> are decidedly cryptic just so you have to buy the
> service contract or installation help. Why? Because
> the author needs to make some money for their efforts
> and have a financial reward that justifies the
> continued development of the project.
>
> Most of the people writing GPL software probably have
> never read the license. How can you expect them to?
> Everyone is told to slap the boilerplate agreement at
> the top because 'GPL good, other license bad,' but how
> many people that use the license have actually read
> it?
>
> The GPL has created a dearth of poorly conceived,
> poorly maintained, poorly written software. There are
> also quite a few good GPL applications. Suffice it to
> say, that most of the applications that are good and
> are GPL usually have corporate roots. I surmise that
> most of the companies releasing software under the GPL
> are not releasing their code under the GPL for the
> right reasons.
>
> The people that slam Microsoft for all that it is are
> the same ones mimicing Microsoft's applications.
> Certain applications are designed specifically to look
> like Microsoft, which is the sincerest form of
> flattery. Yet, people slam Microsoft because they
> don't innovate. Well, look at most of the GPL software
> that mimic's what is out there already? Where is the
> innovation in that? That's what I thought.
>
> I don't have a problem with the GPL -- it just doesn't
> happen to be my license of choice. I evaluated the
> licenses and felt that the GPL didn't protect me or my
> clients well enough. Most of the code my company
> produces is released under an Open Source license.
> Open Source I don't mind. Draconian terms and
> conditions that sacrifice my rights as an author, or
> my clients rights, or make it easy for people to avoid
> compensating me for my efforts is where I have a
> problem.
>
> <Sarcasm>
> Unlike most GPL software authors, I am not
> independently wealthy. I don't have a trust fund
> handing me money every month. I don't have a rich
> family writing a check to keep me locked away in a
> basement churning out code. I don't have a fellowship
> with an educational institution or sponsorship from a
> big corporation so that I jet around the world
> espousing the ideals, writing and releasing code under
> the GPL.
> </Sarcasm>
>
> If you develop software that allows someone to make
> millions of dollars from your efforts, why should you
> not be entitled to some of that money? What if you
> write the next killer ap, distribute it, someone else
> finds a VC, gets capital, goes public, gets rich --
> all on your idea? Notoriety is fine, but your bank
> doesn't accept that when you are paying your mortgage.
>
>
> In short, I don't believe the GPL serves the software
> development community in the best possible manner. By
> virtue, it eliminates financial motivation from those
> writing software and drives those development costs on
> existing industry. You may volunteer your time, but
> your employer ultimately finances your ability to have
> the time to write that code. Who really carries the
> true development cost of the software?
>
> If you want the dream of Linux on the desktop to take
> off more quickly, take the time to explain how a
> company developing GPL software can protect itself and
> earn money to pay its programmers and support staff.
> If you work for a company writing GPL software, take
> some time to think where your salary ultimately comes
> from. Help develop a business plan to allow companies
> to develop software and release the products under an
> Open Source license that ensures the viability of the
> company. If you want
>
> Next time you write an application, give some thought
> to your licensing. A good place to start reading the
> different licenses is Open Source.Org.
>
> --Chris
>
> http://daviesinc.com/gpl.rxml
>
> __________________________________________________
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India IT minister: No government edict on open source
IT official says Indian government will not back open source to the
exclusion of proprietary software
April 1, 2003
Summary
The government is a key buyer of information technology in India,
and backers of open-source software were hoping that the Indian
government would throw its weight behind open source.
By John Ribiero, IDG News Service
BANGALORE (IDG News Service) -- The Indian government will not back
open-source software to the exclusion of proprietary software,
according to Arun Shourie, India's minister for information technology
and communications. The government is a key buyer of information
technology in the country, and backers of open-source software were
hoping that the Indian government would throw its weight behind open
source.
"In India we always like to think in terms of either-or. The formula
we want to adopt instead is 'and also,' and encourage all kinds of
software development in the country," Shourie told reporters shortly
after the formal launch in Bangalore on Tuesday of the PARAM Padma
supercomputer, designed by the government-run Center for Development
of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune [see "[30]India agency offers
build-to-order supercomputer" Dec. 17, 2002].
"If there is an important security software that we need urgently, for
example, we are more likely to buy it, than spend time deciding
whether we should develop it in India in open source," Shourie added.
Earlier in his address to the staff of C-DAC, Shourie said that in
cases involving national security, it was wiser for government
research agencies and laboratories to develop software in-house.
However, Shourie clarified later that the decision to import software,
or develop the software entirely in-house in open source or on any
other platform, would be taken at the level of the specific government
agency on a case-by-case basis.
"Do not expect a general decision from government on this," Shourie
added.
Shourie's statement is the first categorical statement by a senior
Indian government official in the debate about whether to adopt
open-source or proprietary software. The controversy was sparked in
November last year during a visit to India by Microsoft Chairman and
Chief Software Architect Bill Gates.
During his visit to Delhi, Gates announced that his company planned to
invest US$400 million in India over the next three years in a number
of areas, including computer literacy and localization of its software
products. Gates's announcement was seen by analysts as an attempt to
pre-empt the Indian government from making a formal decision to adopt
open-source software.
Gates announced that in addition to contributing software to schools,
Microsoft will also assist in training about 80,000 school teachers
and 3.5 million students in government-run schools in India.
"This 'gift' is no act of generosity," said Richard Stallman,
president of the Boston-based Free Software Foundation. Stallman was
also in India in November to drum up support for free software, but
found that media and government attention had shifted to Gates's
high-profile visit. "Giving Microsoft software to school children is
like giving them cigarettes -- it is a way to get them hooked, so that
once they grow up, they will be a captive market for Microsoft."
Microsoft has tried to win over the Indian government to its
Government Source Licensing Program (GSLP), but there have been no
takers yet in the government, according to informed sources. The GSLP
was designed to give government agencies access to Windows source code
to develop applications for their own internal use.
Last month, Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. in Santa
Clara, California, also made a pitch to woo Indian universities and
researchers by announcing $300 million in free software and training
to promote key Sun technologies in India, such as Java and Sun ONE
(Open Net Environment).
Though the Indian government will not take sides, some government
agencies and laboratories are already using open-source software. The
National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) in
Delhi is assessing the feasibility of using Linux for e-governance
projects in India, according to Kiran Karnik, the association's
president.
"Linux can play an important role in spreading e-governance in India
since there would be a need to develop low-cost local language
applications," said Karnik. "It can also help in accelerating IT
education in schools which today cannot afford high software costs."
However, before Linux can be widely deployed, the services and support
infrastructure around this platform will have to be developed in the
country, according to Karnik.
John Ribiero is a Bangalore correspondent for the IDG News Service, a
LinuxWorld.com affiliate.