 Free Software is the future, Future is ours | |
| Abbreviation | FSMI |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 21, 2010 |
| Type | Coalition of Organisations |
| Purpose | To take free software and its ideology to all computer users and to all sections of society. |
Region served | Indian Union |
President | Prabir Purkayastha |
General Secretary | Kiran Chandra Yarlagada |
Main organ | General Council |
| Website | fsmi.in |
Free Software Movement of India (FSMI) is a national coalition of various regional and sectoral free software movements operating in different parts of India. The formation of FSMI was announced in the valedictory function of the National Free Software Conference - 2010 held in Bangalore during 20–21 March 2010.[1] FSMI is a pan Indian level initiative to propagate the ideology of free software and to popularize the usage of the free software. One of the declared aims of the movement is to take Free Software and its ideological implications to computer users “across the digital divide”, to under-privileged sections of society.[2][3]
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- ^ "Free Software Movement has arrived on the National Scene!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ് വെയര് പ്രസ്ഥാനം ഉയരങ്ങളിലേക്ക്". www.deshabhimani.com (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2010-03-23.