Tathagata Banerjee said on Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 12:32:09AM +0530,:
of FSFI and FSFI-WB, i appeal to all supporters of 'linux', gnu/linux and Free Software on these lists to donate to the cause. modalities of payment
In Kerala, the publishers have a practise of pre-selling books by collecting advances from the public for books to be published, and offer them a `pre-publication' discount of up to 20%. FSF-WB should consider that.
- dipankar das makes the apology that the book was written and
pdf-ed with the help of proprietary software, because of the unavailibility or poor usability of current bangla writing technologies using Free Software.
If I understand it correctly, the Ankur Bangla team (or a good member of that*) has offered to re-create another pdf with free software and embed free fonts.
* Will the gentle man please raise his hands? (And I apologise if I got the message wrong)