[Fsf-friends] FROM INDIA: Free software development for e-gov...

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Mahesh T. Pai said on Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 11:30:36PM +0530,:
 
 > Sure. I Guess that Mr. 

This ought to have read:-

Sure. I guess that Mr. Umashankar is aware of users' freedoms when he
says:-

"They will be able to modify the code and improve it as well."

But Mr.  Umashankar  will have to choose an  appropriate Free Software
license, and also port the s/w  to appropriate framework.  VB is, as I
understand, only  a tool for GUI  development.  What is  the back end?
Free software is not free unless  the tools used to build / compile it
too are free. For example,  see the Debian Free Software Guidelines on
http://debian.org 


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