"Richard M. Stallman (Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation) is coming down to SJCET Palai for a seminar in connection with Swathanthra 1.0 a one day free Software fest on Thursday, September 9, 2010..."
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Seminar on Python and Free Software for Mathematics
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"...Department of Mathematics C.K.G.M. College, Perambra is conducting a state level seminar on 17th and 18th sep 2009. The aim of the seminar is to underline the importance of Python and other free software in Mathematics Education..."
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Software Freedom Day 2009 @ Cochin
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"Its time to celebrate the Software Freedom. The Software Freedom Day is on September 19th. I am also participating in the SFD2009 @ Kochi events. The event will be conducted at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamasserry, Cochin on 17th September. Its a one day program..."
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Why Freedom Matters
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«...That statement packages several questionable assumptions:
1. That the only motive for developing free software is ideological.
2. That innovation in software requires a lot of funding.
3. That the only way to fund software research is through proprietary software.
4. That innovation is more important than freedom.
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Latha Jishnu: Kerala's inspiring new revolution
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"Across classrooms, government departments and public undertakings in Kerala, a quiet but radical shift is taking place. Students, teachers and bureaucrats have thrown proprietary software out of the windows and switched to free software.
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Report from the free software movement in Kerala
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"Three days ago, I spend a much too short time at a Free Software, Free Society conference in Kerala, which was quite an enthusiastic gathering. Equally present was Stefan Merten of Project Oekonux, who has published a report in Keimform, which I’m partially reproducing below. (see also added comments by co-organizer V. Sasi Kumar) ..."
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The Kerala experience
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"Hi list! I'm just on the way back home from this great conference which took place in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala / India. I must say I'm really deeply impressed. I would wish that Free Software *including* things like Oekonux says would have that backing in Germany / Europe / industrialized countries!
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Website on free software inaugurated
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"THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister M. Vijayakumar inaugurated the website of the upcoming international conference ‘Free Software, Free Society’, here on Thursday..."
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SFD 2008 Special - Free Software Philosophy Publication in Tamil
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«... I hope this book will aid the efforts to convince Tamil Nadu to follow the path of Kerala: to migrate the public schools to free software. - Richard M Stallman, Sep 11, 2008 ...»
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GNU/Linux Install Fest and Free Software Seminar Series in Technopark
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"GNU/Linux Users Group Trivandrum (http://www.ilug-tvm.org) and Zyxware Technologies(http://www.zyxware.com) are organizing a 5 day GNU/Linux Install Fest at Park Center, Technopark..."
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A new wave of freedom
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"The new freedom movement , in software, knowledge, publishing and commerce, will change the way we think, do things and interact..."
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