<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="1"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"YOUR FREEDOM ENDS FROM WHERE MY NOSE BEGINS"</span></font><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
<br></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Boycott-Novell protest that was staged during the National Conference at Kochi was really unfortunate. Not because of the ideology of </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Boycott-Novell, but the the intentions of some of the protesters. <br>
Was it good to paste posters in other stalls and on someone else's posters? Was not it against the principles of freedom? Was it good enough to challenge the organizers that 10 posters will be pasted for each one removed? So the intentions seemed to be to interrupt the function rather than raising a cause. And the saddest part is that </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the protester himself was one of the organizer. The organizers gave us the opportunity to raise our concerns through open forum or posters, but with out infringing on others freedom,without disrupting the function.<br>
Why some among us is writing articles in news papers opposing such initiatives live Kochi Conference? Do you think it was journalist who dug up the issue of cpim hijack of FSF. Some among us are creating confusion regarding the GRAND HIJACK THEORY. Why does not the FSF people stop the double speak. Please make the things straight and clean. Cpim has supported free software the most. Does not we need its support. Or why should we accept its support and then accuse it of hijacking. if its true then please come forward with press release on FSF letter pad accusing cpim so that we can end the controversies. <br>
Why FSF still does not condemn the undemocratic, immoral way of protest that took place. Are these happening with the knowledge of FSF persons who were present in the venue. Are they supporting these. <br><br>FSF should distance itself from </span>undemocratic,<span class="nfakPe">illegal</span>, <span class="nfakPe">immoral</span> and unjustifiable acts of protest. <br>
<br>Regards,<br>Haynes.<br>