1 Sep
2003
1 Sep
'03
2:23 a.m.
Software licence fees could be equated with kappam.
That sounds plausible to me. If "kappam" is Tamil, is there an equivalent Sanskrit term?
So let us call Free software, GNU Swatantra (hindi version) or GNU Sudandiram (tamil version).
Before the FSF India was started, we thought of calling it the Swatantra Software Sabha. But someone argued that the term had been appropriated by right-wing parties. Others disagreed. There was no consensus on using it, so we didn't.