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 Celebrating FreedomHiran Venugopalan's

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I have nothing new to teach the world, ahimsa and truth are as old as hills.

Mahatma Gandhi

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I have nothing new to teach the world, 

freedom and sharing of knowledge are as old as hills.

Hiran Venugopalan 

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Free software

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Free software

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Free software

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Free software

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Free softwareWhat does the

can give you?

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Freedom!

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Freedom!Free as in freedom

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Freedom to use

a software completely.

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Freedom to study

how a software works.

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Freedom to modify

 software as you wish.

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Freedom to distribute

 software with or without modification.

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What is the need for these 

freedoms ?

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a question :

who owns your computer ?

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think...

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...of a cycle

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will you buy a cycle if you are not 

its owner even you paid for that?

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will you allow them to take back the cycle when they wish?

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will you allow the manufactures 

condition that the cycle should be 

used only by you?

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will you allow the  condition that it 

should be repaired only from the 

specified workshop?

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if your answer is

NO....

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...then why on softwares?

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hope you got the

 answer!

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GNUGNU is Not Unix!

gnu.org

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Free Software Foundation

www.fsf.org

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Free Software Foundation of Indiawww.gnu.org.in

FSF Friendshttp://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf­friends

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GNU General Public License [GNU GPL]

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Linux

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Linuxits a kernel GNU is the system !

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Why we should call it 

GNU/Linux ?

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GNU/Linux distributions[distros]

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Is GNU/Linux the only free operating system ?

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No.

There is GNU/HURD[The GNU system with HURD kernel]

but its not yet stable...

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Free BSDGNU/BSD

Open Solaris

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these all are global teams;

is there any one local to help us?

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Yes!

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Palakkad Libre software Users SocietyAdding freedom to common minds....

http://plus.sarovar.org

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Free Software Users Group Thrissurwww.fsugtsr.org

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FOSS Community, Indiafci.wikia.com

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SPACEwww.space­kerala.org

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Free Mefreeme.in

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Swathandra Malayalam Computingsmc.nongnu.org

smc­[email protected]

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GNU Labslabs.gnu.org.in

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there are more such communities

better do a search !

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Then,what can you do for the free software movement??

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|Join and start contributing to free software projects

|Start using free softwares|Stop using non­free softwares|Make a free software group inside your campus

|Make a GNU Labs inside your campus. 

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Questions; comments ?

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ThanksNow its the time to wake up!

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Hiran Venugopalan

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[email protected]+919846951870

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Presentation created  using Open Office. (C) 2007 Hiran Venugopalan, [email protected]

 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.