So is Marc "unsubscribed" or not.?<br>If he is ,it should go immediately-because it will silence the already lurking members in this forum<br>And censorship is deadly for any organisation.<br><br>If not -end of story.<br>
<br>Satish-I think most of us are on Skype .I am willing to take the responsibility of getting all of you for a conference on Skype.I think if we can get over our concerns most people can think forward.<br>Satish,what say you?<br>
Gowri<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:55 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:india-request@lists.laptop.org">india-request@lists.laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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3. Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the OLPC?and why I<br>
dropped it . (Saswat Praharaj)<br>
4. Re: Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the OLPC?and why I<br>
dropped it . (Walter Bender)<br>
5. Re: Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the OLPC?and why I<br>
dropped it . (Satish Jha OLPC)<br>
6. Re: Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the OLPC?and why I<br>
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7. Re: Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the OLPC?and why I<br>
dropped it . (Satish Jha)<br>
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:25:08 +0100<br>
From: Shikhar <<a href="mailto:shikhar@schmizz.net">shikhar@schmizz.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] "You have been unsubscribed from the India<br>
mailing list"<br>
To: Marc Valentin <<a href="mailto:mvalentin@oeuvredespains.org">mvalentin@oeuvredespains.org</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
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Marc Valentin wrote:<br>
> Yes, that is right, they finally unsubscribed me from India mailing list !<br>
> Why ? Because some of my questions are not "politically correct" I<br>
> suppose... But why our questions should be "politically correct" ?<br>
> Don't we deserve real answers from Satish/OLPC ? Is the truth so dark<br>
> that it cannot be written in a message on the list ? I cannot imagine<br>
> that.<br>
> Can't we have our own opinion about how OLPC can help educate children<br>
> ? Is it not understandable to care more about support, teachers<br>
> training, curriculum, than the distribution of millions of XO ? Rigid<br>
> ideology could ruin this project.<br>
> For sometime, I will get my news from <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">wiki.laptop.org</a> and <a href="http://olpcnews.com" target="_blank">olpcnews.com</a><br>
> and stop participating to this list.<br>
> I was registered for more than a year.<br>
> -marc-<br>
> mvalentin AT <a href="http://oeuvredespains.org" target="_blank">oeuvredespains.org</a><br>
><br>
<br>
This is ridiculous. Marc has been asking questions a lot of us want to<br>
know the answers to. If the India team does not have the answers, it's<br>
better to just admit than flipflop about... as for unsubscribing him<br>
from the list, that's outright censorship.<br>
<br>
<br>
Shikhar<br>
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:36:55 -0500<br>
From: "Satish Jha OLPC" <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>><br>
Subject: [OLPC India] Norms for all of us on this list..<br>
To: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
Message-ID:<br>
<<a href="mailto:6477369f0811030936w2b9cad15jc82863f42fd7314e@mail.gmail.com">6477369f0811030936w2b9cad15jc82863f42fd7314e@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
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It has gone too far..<br>
<br>
No one was unsubscribed.. If he was how did he post the message?<br>
<br>
That said, I am of the opinion that anyone who is not positive should not<br>
post messages. Anyone doing it twice may be removed.<br>
<br>
As regards the questions, each question has been answered. In case something<br>
has been missed, please itemize them and post them again rather than using<br>
words like "ridiculous". Its entirely possible that your assumptions may be<br>
unfounded.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Shikhar <<a href="mailto:shikhar@schmizz.net">shikhar@schmizz.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Marc Valentin wrote:<br>
> > Yes, that is right, they finally unsubscribed me from India mailing list<br>
> !<br>
> > Why ? Because some of my questions are not "politically correct" I<br>
> > suppose... But why our questions should be "politically correct" ?<br>
> > Don't we deserve real answers from Satish/OLPC ? Is the truth so dark<br>
> > that it cannot be written in a message on the list ? I cannot imagine<br>
> > that.<br>
> > Can't we have our own opinion about how OLPC can help educate children<br>
> > ? Is it not understandable to care more about support, teachers<br>
> > training, curriculum, than the distribution of millions of XO ? Rigid<br>
> > ideology could ruin this project.<br>
> > For sometime, I will get my news from <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org" target="_blank">wiki.laptop.org</a> and <a href="http://olpcnews.com" target="_blank">olpcnews.com</a><br>
> > and stop participating to this list.<br>
> > I was registered for more than a year.<br>
> > -marc-<br>
> > mvalentin AT <a href="http://oeuvredespains.org" target="_blank">oeuvredespains.org</a><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> This is ridiculous. Marc has been asking questions a lot of us want to<br>
> know the answers to. If the India team does not have the answers, it's<br>
> better to just admit than flipflop about... as for unsubscribing him<br>
> from the list, that's outright censorship.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Shikhar<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> India mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
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From: Saswat Praharaj <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: [OLPC India] Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the<br>
OLPC?and why I dropped it .<br>
To: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php" target="_blank">http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php</a><br>
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<br>
Snip >>>.<br>
The One Laptop Per Child project, launched by MIT professor Nicholas<br>
Negroponte in 2003, was supposed to lead millions of children around<br>
the world to information technology and freedom. The plans aimed for<br>
low cost, enabling many children to use the machines, and free<br>
software, so they would have freedom while using them. I thought it was<br>
a good idea; I even planned to use one myself when I found in the<br>
OLPC?s promise of free software a way to escape the proprietary startup<br>
programs that all commercial laptops used.<br>
But just as I<br>
was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its commitment<br>
to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for running<br>
Windows, a non-free operating system.<br>
What makes this<br>
issue so important, and OLPC?s retreat from free software so<br>
unfortunate, is that the ?free? in free software refers to freedom of<br>
knowledge and action, not to price. A program (whatever job it does) is<br>
free software if you, the user, have the four essential freedoms:<br>
>>>>>>...<br>
<br>
<br>
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:02:13 -0500<br>
From: "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the<br>
OLPC?and why I dropped it .<br>
To: "Saswat Praharaj" <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
Message-ID:<br>
<<a href="mailto:fd535e260811031502y44cfb720w8dec42b80a706ec1@mail.gmail.com">fd535e260811031502y44cfb720w8dec42b80a706ec1@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
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Sugar, the learning software environment on the OLPC XO-1 laptop and<br>
that runs on almost any computer that runs GNU/Linux, is free software<br>
and will always be free software. Learning demands freedom.<br>
<br>
-walter<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Saswat Praharaj<br>
<<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php" target="_blank">http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php</a><br>
><br>
> Snip >>>.<br>
><br>
> The One Laptop Per Child project, launched by MIT professor Nicholas<br>
> Negroponte in 2003, was supposed to lead millions of children around the<br>
> world to information technology and freedom. The plans aimed for low cost,<br>
> enabling many children to use the machines, and free software, so they would<br>
> have freedom while using them. I thought it was a good idea; I even planned<br>
> to use one myself when I found in the OLPC's promise of free software a way<br>
> to escape the proprietary startup programs that all commercial laptops used.<br>
><br>
> But just as I was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its<br>
> commitment to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for<br>
> running Windows, a non-free operating system.<br>
><br>
> What makes this issue so important, and OLPC's retreat from free software so<br>
> unfortunate, is that the "free" in free software refers to freedom of<br>
> knowledge and action, not to price. A program (whatever job it does) is free<br>
> software if you, the user, have the four essential freedoms:<br>
><br>
>>>>>>>...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> India mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Walter Bender<br>
Sugar Labs<br>
<a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 05:18:38 -0500<br>
From: "Satish Jha OLPC" <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the<br>
OLPC?and why I dropped it .<br>
To: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
Message-ID:<br>
<<a href="mailto:6477369f0811040218n342b56fame4930fb62150ab5c@mail.gmail.com">6477369f0811040218n342b56fame4930fb62150ab5c@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
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<br>
Richard Stallman has been trying to get his idea of "Free" accepted as he<br>
would like for quite some time. He is a leader in his own right and has<br>
energised a whole movement of "Free" software.<br>
<br>
However, XO is for children. Its for those who need to learn and are not<br>
already the leaders of a movement, though I hope they will all have access<br>
to the world that will make a potential leader out of everyone.<br>
<br>
My request is that these debates, important as they are, may not belong<br>
here.<br>
<br>
This forum may be far more useful as a way to get the XO reach all those who<br>
need it rather than have ideological debates, which must go on at the right<br>
places.<br>
<br>
Thanks mch.<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Saswat Praharaj<br>
<<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>>wrote:<br>
<br>
> <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php" target="_blank">http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php</a><br>
><br>
> Snip >>>.<br>
><br>
> The One Laptop Per Child project, launched by MIT professor Nicholas<br>
> Negroponte in 2003, was supposed to lead millions of children around the<br>
> world to information technology and freedom. The plans aimed for low cost,<br>
> enabling many children to use the machines, and free software, so they would<br>
> have freedom while using them. I thought it was a good idea; I even planned<br>
> to use one myself when I found in the OLPC's promise of free software a way<br>
> to escape the proprietary startup programs that all commercial laptops used.<br>
><br>
> But just as I was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its<br>
> commitment to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for<br>
> running Windows, a non-free operating system.<br>
><br>
> What makes this issue so important, and OLPC's retreat from free software<br>
> so unfortunate, is that the "free" in free software refers to freedom of<br>
> knowledge and action, not to price. A program (whatever job it does) is free<br>
> software if you, the user, have the four essential freedoms:<br>
><br>
> >>>>>>...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ------------------------------<br>
> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now<<a href="http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_mail_2/*http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/" target="_blank">http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_mail_2/*http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/</a>><br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> India mailing list<br>
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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:53:55 -0500<br>
From: "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the<br>
OLPC?and why I dropped it .<br>
To: "Satish Jha OLPC" <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
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Q: Is this list more generally about enabling learning or is more<br>
narrowly about enabling learning through the OLPC XO-1 hardware?<br>
<br>
regards.<br>
<br>
-walter<br>
<br>
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Satish Jha OLPC <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Richard Stallman has been trying to get his idea of "Free" accepted as he<br>
> would like for quite some time. He is a leader in his own right and has<br>
> energised a whole movement of "Free" software.<br>
><br>
> However, XO is for children. Its for those who need to learn and are not<br>
> already the leaders of a movement, though I hope they will all have access<br>
> to the world that will make a potential leader out of everyone.<br>
><br>
> My request is that these debates, important as they are, may not belong<br>
> here.<br>
><br>
> This forum may be far more useful as a way to get the XO reach all those who<br>
> need it rather than have ideological debates, which must go on at the right<br>
> places.<br>
><br>
> Thanks mch.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Saswat Praharaj <<a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php" target="_blank">http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php</a><br>
>><br>
>> Snip >>>.<br>
>><br>
>> The One Laptop Per Child project, launched by MIT professor Nicholas<br>
>> Negroponte in 2003, was supposed to lead millions of children around the<br>
>> world to information technology and freedom. The plans aimed for low cost,<br>
>> enabling many children to use the machines, and free software, so they would<br>
>> have freedom while using them. I thought it was a good idea; I even planned<br>
>> to use one myself when I found in the OLPC's promise of free software a way<br>
>> to escape the proprietary startup programs that all commercial laptops used.<br>
>><br>
>> But just as I was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its<br>
>> commitment to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for<br>
>> running Windows, a non-free operating system.<br>
>><br>
>> What makes this issue so important, and OLPC's retreat from free software<br>
>> so unfortunate, is that the "free" in free software refers to freedom of<br>
>> knowledge and action, not to price. A program (whatever job it does) is free<br>
>> software if you, the user, have the four essential freedoms:<br>
>><br>
>> >>>>>>...<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ________________________________<br>
>> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now<br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> India mailing list<br>
>> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> India mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org">India@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india</a><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Walter Bender<br>
Sugar Labs<br>
<a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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Message: 7<br>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:25:09 -0500<br>
From: "Satish Jha" <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Richard Stallman - Why I switched to the<br>
OLPC?and why I dropped it .<br>
To: "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org">india@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
Message-ID:<br>
<<a href="mailto:a7da96740811040425o4b099058o197e1aef35d33f63@mail.gmail.com">a7da96740811040425o4b099058o197e1aef35d33f63@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
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Walter,<br>
<br>
Posed this way, the only answer possible is : enabling learning using XO and<br>
its versions in general. Broadly speaking, in the context of OLPC and, in<br>
particular, its application in India.<br>
<br>
More general questions that in the opinion of the participants aid that<br>
process should be welcome as well. You are a co-founder of OLPC and I would<br>
think what you may consider appropriate is clearly right.<br>
<br>
Thanks and regards<br>
<br>
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
<br>
> Q: Is this list more generally about enabling learning or is more<br>
> narrowly about enabling learning through the OLPC XO-1 hardware?<br>
><br>
> regards.<br>
><br>
> -walter<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Satish Jha OLPC <<a href="mailto:satish@laptop.org">satish@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Richard Stallman has been trying to get his idea of "Free" accepted as he<br>
> > would like for quite some time. He is a leader in his own right and has<br>
> > energised a whole movement of "Free" software.<br>
> ><br>
> > However, XO is for children. Its for those who need to learn and are not<br>
> > already the leaders of a movement, though I hope they will all have<br>
> access<br>
> > to the world that will make a potential leader out of everyone.<br>
> ><br>
> > My request is that these debates, important as they are, may not belong<br>
> > here.<br>
> ><br>
> > This forum may be far more useful as a way to get the XO reach all those<br>
> who<br>
> > need it rather than have ideological debates, which must go on at the<br>
> right<br>
> > places.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks mch.<br>
> ><br>
> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Saswat Praharaj <<br>
> <a href="mailto:saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com">saswat_praharaj@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php" target="_blank">http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/stallman.php</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> Snip >>>.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The One Laptop Per Child project, launched by MIT professor Nicholas<br>
> >> Negroponte in 2003, was supposed to lead millions of children around the<br>
> >> world to information technology and freedom. The plans aimed for low<br>
> cost,<br>
> >> enabling many children to use the machines, and free software, so they<br>
> would<br>
> >> have freedom while using them. I thought it was a good idea; I even<br>
> planned<br>
> >> to use one myself when I found in the OLPC's promise of free software a<br>
> way<br>
> >> to escape the proprietary startup programs that all commercial laptops<br>
> used.<br>
> >><br>
> >> But just as I was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its<br>
> >> commitment to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for<br>
> >> running Windows, a non-free operating system.<br>
> >><br>
> >> What makes this issue so important, and OLPC's retreat from free<br>
> software<br>
> >> so unfortunate, is that the "free" in free software refers to freedom of<br>
> >> knowledge and action, not to price. A program (whatever job it does) is<br>
> free<br>
> >> software if you, the user, have the four essential freedoms:<br>
> >><br>
> >> >>>>>>...<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> ________________________________<br>
> >> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now<br>
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