Free Software Foundation of India

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Free Software Foundation India
AbbreviationFSFI
Formation20 July 2001 (22 years ago) (2001-07-20)
TypeCharitable organization
HeadquartersKerala, India
Region served
India
AffiliationsFSF* network[1][failed verification]
Websitefsf.org.in

The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based

non-free software as not a solution, but a problem to be solved. Free software is sometimes locally called swatantra software
in India.

In 2003, after meeting with FSF founder

Dr. Abdul Kalam[4][5] urged Indian computer scientists and professionals to use free and open-source software[6] in research and development.[7]

The left side of the FSF India logo resembles the famed

symbols is intended to draw attention to the similarity between political freedom and free software, the latter of which the FSF
promotes.

The

India's Freedom Struggle and thus in the current context, may symbolize the Indian independence movement which resulted in India's freedom from British
occupation.

See also

References

  1. ^ "::[FSFLA]:: Constitution for FSF Latin America".
  2. ^ FSF-I inaugurated in Thiruvananthapuram by Dr. Richard M. Stallman[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ The What, Why and When of Free Software in India
  4. ^ Stallman Goes to India
  5. ^ Kalam, Stallman discuss open source software
  6. ^ Indian President Advises Open Source Approach
  7. ^ Opt for open source codes for better software security: Kalam

External links

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