On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Mani A <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com">a.mani.cms@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">&gt; Here FSF-I&#39;s campaign is completely known to the donors - its objectives and<br>
&gt; goals as well as the means of achieving them. By receiving donations, FSF-I<br>
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</div>These arguments cannot really stand water.<br>
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All free software movements should follow standard open terms for<br>
accepting donations.<br>
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A draft should be prepared with relevant clauses. Any sane free<br>
software movement should be expected to comply with it. It should be<br>
possible for Governments and other organizations to comply with it.<br>
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Nothing is so vague as to defy documentation.<br>
</blockquote><br></div>&quot;Corporate patrons affiliate themselves with the FSF and the GNU project through financial
  support. The FSF does not endorse the activities of its corporate
  patrons.&quot;<br><br>Details at <a href="http://www.fsf.org/donate/patron">http://www.fsf.org/donate/patron</a><br><br>The message is quite unambigous.<br>CK Raju<br>