Hi,
My thoughts below:
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What are other reasons for not many Indians in the global FOSS scenery?
Depends on what you are refering to as "global FOSS scenery".
I see two big communities in India: students and the industry.
1. Students in most institutions (exceptions are IITs, IISc, NITs, et. al.) live in their own shell, without any exposure to the real world or the industry. So, they don't have the technical know-how or skills for any development, let alone FOSS development.
2. Lot of companies in the Indian IT industry use FOSS. They service international clients from US, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Because they sign an NDA, they are not allowed to _name_ the clients. But, yes, there is tremendous contribution to FOSS, from an *industry* perspective.
There is a _huge_ gap between academia and the industry (exceptions are IITs, IISc, NITs, et. al.), so the academia folks have absolutely no idea what the industry is doing. Industry is more focused on servicing international clients, for obvious reasons.
People working in the industry also have a hectic schedule, sometimes working 7 days a week. So, it is very difficult for them to take time out, for their personal FOSS community contributions. There are exceptional people too.
Cheers,
SK
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