Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS ?

On 12/11/06, Aparna Appaiah aparna.appaiah@gmail.com wrote:

Piracy plays a major role here in India. People prefer hiring and copying pirated CDs of movies, songs etc. The same thing holds for Windoze as well. I believe awareness about FOSS will increase the moment people are made to pay for their copies of proprietary software.

The situation is actually quite ironic in this case. IT guys in India would not think twice before installing a pirated copy of Windows/Office, etc. But when it comes to their own software they want a price for it. The mere thought of giving away code sounds illogical as 'how the hell will you earn your bucks then?'

It can all be put into one phrase, very simple but perfectly apt -- gross ignorance.

Regards,