On 08/07/15 17:18, shirish wrote: > at bottom :- > > On 07/08/2015 09:11 PM, రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్ wrote: >> I dont exactly buy into this argument. >> >> 2015-07-08 20:41 GMT+05:30 pavithran <pavithra...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I was reading this post from a friend Shirish agarwall from pune who >>> is a member of debian community and a key participant in community >>> events in pune and also an organiser for many debian events across the >>> country. >>> >>> Here are some points about community problems >>> a. Factionalism >>> b. Cabalism (or simply Cabals) >>> As have been part of both parts do understand that both factions and >>> cabals start with good intentions but sometimes later warp beyond >>> recognition. >>> Next he goes on to say >>> >>> c. No communication, Mis-communication >>> d. Fragmented content with contradictory messages. >>> The above two I have also seen time and again as a ‘feature’ of the >>> Indian FOSS community at large where most communities in India don’t >>> really communicate to other FOSS communities or world at large or are >>> pretty bad at things. >>> >>> Read more at >>> https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/indian-foss-communities-closed-source/ >>> its quite interesting and is relevant to ILUGC also ! >>> PS : As of now I am just posting this to ILUGC as I believe this >>> community is one of the few strong ones left in India. >>> Regards, >>> Pavithran >>> >>> -- >>> pavithran sakamuri >>> http://look-pavi.blogspot.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ILUGC Mailing List: >>> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >>> ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: >>> http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines >> >> >> > Hi all, > Could you elaborate a bit rather than just saying you don't buy into the > argument. I will be able to give at least 1 example of each which are > public, there are many more for sure. > > But would like to hear what you have to say/share before saying anything > else. > I find foss communities in India very similar to those that I have interacted with in other countries.
I also find some differences across generations - with younger / newer communities being more liberal / open and less fixated around rules. I think you can see something similar in licensing. The vast majority of FOSS projects used to be GPL, things are much more liberal these days. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
