[wsfii-discuss] Fwd: [Fsf-press] Software Freedom Day

[Mamading Ceesay]

On 05/10/05, Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun at gnowledge.org> wrote:
>
> No he didn't.  He practiced a method of protesting by civil
> disobedience to fight the british.  A part of the freedom movement was
> how to make salt on owr own, without depending on the british, and how
> to make cloth on owr own without depending on the imported mill cloth.
> These are good illustrations of how technology could enable people
> develop a culture.  So we adopted that spirit and gave the call: let
> us weave our own code.
>

Had a discussion about Gandhi in another context.  From that it was
clear that his methods/approach are still relevant and should be
studied/practiced today.  I hadn't thought his work didn't have a
direct bearing on the sort of things I get involved with but now I
think I should read up on him.

--
Mamading Ceesay

"Isn't a state that keeps files on innocent persons a police state?"
-- David Mery - Innocent In London http://gizmonaut.net/bits/suspect.html
 Radio Interview with David Mery
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/6963.php