[Mailinglist] Article in Hindu (Correction)

[Anand Haridas]

Hello ILUG members,
I would like to thank Sameer Mohammed for pointing out an error that was in
my article that appeared in the "Talk of the Town" column in The Hindu. I
have been following the issue and when I saw the reply by the actor's
secretary, I wanted to write about it. In that process, I might have missed
to make it clear in my copy that this letter was not posted at ILUG and was
at wikia. Also that the reply was posted on that site. I apologise for the
oversight that happened on my part.
Thanks and regards,
Anand Haridas

2008/6/1 Sameer Mohamed Thahir <sameer.thahir at gmail.com>:

> Hello ILUG Members
>
> Mr Anand Haridas has written an article in the Hindu Paper (Kochi
> Edition, dated 30/5/2008) titled "Film Actor in a Soup" in the
> "Talkback" Section ( on the second page )
>
> The article talks about Film Actor Mammootty's response to the open
> letter send by the Free Software Community.
>
> The article unfortunately states wrongly that the letter was posted by
> ILUG Cochin, when in fact although ILUG has only supported the letter
> and signed on it on the website as follows :
> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_To_Mammootty.
>
> The article also talks wrongly that the response was posted on the ILUG
> Site, but it was posted on the same link above.
>
> The links were definitely posted on the ILUG Cochin Mailing List.
>
> With what I understand the letter has been initiated by the "FOSS
> Communtiy India", although I am not sure on who exactly drafted the
> letter. So the credit for it definitely goes to FCI and the concerned
> people.
>
> About FCI from the website
> "FOSS Community, India is started by Praveen A
> <http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/User:Pravs> to connect various disconnected
> FOSS Communities in India and co-ordinate FOSS related activities across
> India. It is maintained by the active users
> <http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Activeusers>. This wiki could play
> 'decentralised central resource' as every one gets to fill in their
> parts and one could find all parts in one place."
>
>
>
> The article definitely provides a publicity to the Swathanthra Software
> Community and provides a boost for our cause. And ILUG Cochin
> undoubtedly stands together with
> all organizations working for the cause of Free Software.
>
>  The Free Software community thanks Mr Anand for the article, and
> request him to take note of the correction and  publish a correction in
> the coming editions if possible.
>
>
> Thank You
>
> Regards
> Sameer Mohamed Thahir
>
>
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