Send Fsf-friends mailing list submissions to fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to fsf-friends-request(a)mm.gnu.org.in You can reach the person managing the list at fsf-friends-owner(a)mm.gnu.org.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Fsf-friends digest..." Today's Topics: 1. US President thinking of mandating "Open Source" (V. Sasi Kumar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:27:25 +0530 From: "V. Sasi Kumar" &lt;sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: [Fsf-friends] US President thinking of mandating "Open Source" To: Principal Support List of FSF-India &lt;fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in&gt; Message-ID: <1232989045.6757.101.camel@sasi-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in government, says this story: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297 Seems interesting. When will we have a Prime Minister who understands the benefits of Free Software? Hope Obama really decides to mandate Free Software in government. We can then use the story to campaign in our country. Wish Obama understood the philosophy of the Free Software movement and mandated Open Access and Creative Commons licencing for material generated using public funds too. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends End of Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 45 *******************************************