hsingh60 Wrote:
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> Can Jaskirat, Suthra and eyesacademic do what PDL
> has done? Have you ever sponsored any project in
> your own local community / gurdwara? If not,
> please remember that every project needs funding.
> And our community does not believe in funding any
> such projects which have long term value.
>
hsingh60 you are ill-informed and your awareness about freedom of knowledge is very little.
What is your understanding of free knowledge? Have you read about it? How much have you thought about it? Do you know the future implications of a situation in which lets say important historical literature are lost or destroyed or even confiscated by Indian government and then all your historical knowledge is controlled by a corporation?
What do you know at all?
What you, sadly, do not understand that this is NOT about freebies.
Richard Stallman famously said these important words
" Think free as in free speech, not free beer"I would strongly advise you to watch this video, which, I know is basically on the topic of software, especially open source software but it also touches on VERY important topic of freedom.
http://freespeechdebate.com/media/richard-stallman-on-free-software/Your allegation that we are talking about money shows that you hardly know anything about the topic on hand. This is not about money. Its about CONTROL. Its about control of important historical documents of a religio-cultural group, and then creating a possibility of corporate misuse and even misrepresentation.
The implications are very far reaching and wide in scope. Concentration of knowledge in hands of few is dangerous. If you do not understand this then you are definitely a child.
Its your mistake that you think that this is an issue of buying books versus getting free PDFs. This is a childish view of an important issue. Just like historical gurdwarey were destroyed in the name of making them anew ( Fatehgarh Sahib, Thanda Burj as one example out of many), historical knowledge of Sikhs is being collected and then controlled.
And childish people like you say Oh I have money so I can pay and PDL is doing very good work. In your eyes perhaps SGPC must also be doing good work then?
So let me ask you a question, SGPC also prints gurbani and scores of books. But it is also fully in pocket of Sukhbir Badal. So whats your view then, should be speak out against SGPC's position or should we just keep shut because "at least SGPC is doing SOME good work"?