1. Celebrating Freedom
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2. I have nothing new to teach the world,
ahimsa and truth are as old as hills.
Mahatma Gandhi
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3. I have nothing new to teach the world, freedom and sharing of knowledge are as old as hills.
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4. Free software
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5. Free software
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6. Free software
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7. Free software
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8. What does the
Free software
can give you?
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9. Freedom!
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10. Freedom!
Free as in freedom
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11. Freedom
to use
a software completely.
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12. Freedom
to study
how a software works.
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13. Freedom
to modify
software as you wish.
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14. software with or without modification.
Freedom
to distribute
software with or without modification.
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15. What is the need for these freedoms ?
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16. a question :
who owns your computer ?
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17. think...
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18. ...of a cycle
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19. will you buy a cycle if you are not its owner even you paid for that?
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20. will you allow them to take back the cycle when they wish?
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21. will you allow the manufactures condition that the cycle should be used only by you?
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22. will you allow the condition that it should be repaired only from the specified workshop?
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23. if your answer is
NO....
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24. ...then why on
softwares?
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25. hope you got
the
answer!
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26. GNU
GNU is Not Unix!
gnu.org
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27. Free Software Foundation
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28. Free Software Foundation of India
FSF Friends
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29. GNU General Public License [GNU GPL]
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30. Linux
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31. its a kernel GNU is the system !
Linux
its a kernel GNU is the system !
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32. Why we should call it GNU/Linux ?
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33. GNU/Linux distributions
[distros]
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34. Is GNU/Linux the only free operating system ?
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35. [The GNU system with HURD kernel]
No.
There is GNU/HURD
[The GNU system with HURD kernel]
but its not yet stable...
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36. Free BSD
GNU/BSD
Open Solaris
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37. these all are global teams; is there any one local to help us?
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38. Yes!
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39. Palakkad Libre software Users Society http://plus.sarovar.org
Adding freedom to common minds....
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40. Free Software Users Group Thrissur
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41. FOSS Community, India
fci.wikia.com
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42. SPACE
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43. Free Me
freeme.in
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44. Swathandra Malayalam Computing
smc.nongnu.org
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45. GNU Labs
labs.gnu.org.in
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46. there are more such communities
better do a search !
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47. Then,what can you do for the free software movement??
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48. |Stop using non-free softwares
|Join and start contributing to free software projects
|Start using free softwares
|Stop using non-free softwares
|Make a free software group inside your campus
|Make a GNU Labs inside your campus.
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49. Questions; comments ?
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50. Now its the time to wake up!
Thanks
Now its the time to wake up!
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51. Hiran Venugopalan hiran@movingrepublic.org +919846951870

52. Presentation published under GNU GPL Version 2 or later.
Presentation created using Open Office.
(C) 2007 Hiran Venugopalan,
Presentation published under GNU GPL Version 2 or later.
The font used in the presentation is Nimbus Roman No 9 L.
Image on background template is created using Inkscape.
Thanks to Hitha, Anivar, Praveen, Baiju M, Riyas Uzman, Pramode C E, Anitha P,
Sujith H, Sajeev Kumar, C K Raju, Manu Anand S & members of VAST GNU Labs
who helped me to make this slide.
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