Intro to LCI list

[Frederick Noronha]

No problem, Swati and Anivar. I think I've made my point.

Let's get down to more pressing issues that we could share
perspectives on via this list:

o The low participation rates by women in the GNU/Linux networks, and
reasons for the same.

o What can be done to remedy the situation. How do we encourage
greater women's participation, and acknowledgement/respect for their work.

o How do we network more women from user-groups across India in this
group.

It would be nice to hear from the others as to what are the pressing
problems that can be tackled/discussed here. FN

--- In Indianlc at yahoogroups.com, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at g...>
wrote:
>
> fred >Hi Swati, What about Free Software and GNU ;-) FN
> 
> swati> Hi Fred, Lets not start the politics of semantics here. And
*man*, do
> swati> not try to hijack this list!!
> 
> how sad! ..
> Politics of semantics and politics of words are always raised &
> discussed by feminist groups as a   powerfull tool to analyse the
> patriarchal society, language, culture & in origin of words.
> 
> Here what happening is denying word & its history origin only because
> it is said by a *man* . I am looking at LC as a womens movement in the
> Tech front which need do a lot in forming a free society. how can it
> deny the politics & history of the words "GNU" & Free software.
> 
> ~ love respect & solidarity
> Anivar Aravind
> --
> Knowledge is power... share it equitably!
> http://www.gnu.org
>