On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 07:08 +0530, Raj Mathur wrote:
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Speaking on behalf of ILUG-Delhi (not an official position since I'm not an office-bearer there but I believe the LUG will back me up), I can say that we've worked with FSF-I wherever the need became apparent. We do not want to change our name to FSUG-Delhi or GLUG-Delhi, but we believe in the same objectives as FSF and FSF-I, and when a common target needs to be achieved we help each other, officially as well as unofficially.
Well said, Raju. (I am not referring to the specific part quoted above, but to the whole message.) I hope people in other groups also think similarly.
The only difference I have is about the name. I am not very fastidious about names. But by calling the group Linux User Group, you are limiting yourself to just one of the Free OSes (admitting that you call the OS Linux). I know at least one group that still maintains the name ILUG but has changed its expansion to Indian GNU/Linux Users Group. You know that FreeBSD, for example, is becoming popular, and GNU Hurd will some day (probably soon) begin to be used widely. The name FSUG would cover all such different flavours of Free Software. Of course, the name does not prevent you from using or promoting all of them! But still ...
Best