Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
Hey, Looks like Apple has unleashed it's lawyers upon sarovar.org for hosting fairplay. http://sarovar.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=474
Yes, sarovar team has decided to pull the project down. It was not a happy decision to take, but too many factors were out of our control and people want to avoid court appearances if possible.
This case sets dangerous precedents, and if I am right is the first use of litigation against a free software site in India. Corporations are using litigation as a very effective weapon against freedom, as free software hackers have little defense against it.
I personally believe that an organization like FSF India should take up this case on behalf of free software hackers in this country and we all should support them in this endeavor. I personally have many difference of opinion with some of the policies and actions of FSF India, but this is not the time to think about the differences, but what we have in common. This is a threat against all of us and we all should give our support to FSF India in fighting it, if they decide to do so. I have already written to FSF Board to consider this, and extending all support including what ever money I can muster to fight this case. I request you all to write to RMS and fsf board expressing your support, in what ever way you can, to help them fight this.
Today it's me, Tomorrow it could be any one of us.
raj
On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 10:45, Rajkumar S wrote:
Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
Hey, Looks like Apple has unleashed it's lawyers upon sarovar.org for hosting fairplay. http://sarovar.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=474
Yes, sarovar team has decided to pull the project down. It was not a happy decision to take, but too many factors were out of our control and people want to avoid court appearances if possible.
This case sets dangerous precedents, and if I am right is the first use of litigation against a free software site in India. Corporations are using litigation as a very effective weapon against freedom, as free software hackers have little defense against it.
I personally believe that an organization like FSF India should take up this case on behalf of free software hackers in this country and we all should support them in this endeavor. I personally have many difference of opinion with some of the policies and actions of FSF India, but this is not the time to think about the differences, but what we have in common. This is a threat against all of us and we all should give our support to FSF India in fighting it, if they decide to do so. I have already written to FSF Board to consider this, and extending all support including what ever money I can muster to fight this case. I request you all to write to RMS and fsf board expressing your support, in what ever way you can, to help them fight this.
Today it's me, Tomorrow it could be any one of us.
FSF India is studying the case with help from experts in this matter. Needless to say, FSF india will support in whatever way it can.
Nagarjuna
|| On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:45:58 +0530 || Rajkumar S s_raj@flashmail.com wrote:
s_raj> I personally believe that an organization like FSF India should take s_raj> up this case on behalf of free software hackers in this country and we
Why drag FSF into this? This is not an FSF project. The developer should decide what to do next.
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