Comment Re:What realy puzzles me... (Score 1) 839
ok! this is a bit personal but, there was a little talk i had with couple of people from fsf-india .(yes! there is a fsf-india) about the same issue and I for one am really intrested in doing work on some kind of video editing software. what is stopping me? well! my paid job takes up 12 hours of my day and sometimes the weekend, I cant do free s/w from work and I dont have a reliable net connection at home.
To answer the other question about the lack of free software projects from india. I disagree, there are many going on. I myself contribute alot of stuff and am active on the debian-hurd list as well. I know a person who was one of the top 10 netfilter hackers not too long ago. A kde developer and a gnome developer lives in my city (delhi).
But it is hard to contribute on a regular basis because of a lack of resources, a 24hr net connection for example is 15% of my salary.
To answer the other question about the lack of free software projects from india. I disagree, there are many going on. I myself contribute alot of stuff and am active on the debian-hurd list as well. I know a person who was one of the top 10 netfilter hackers not too long ago. A kde developer and a gnome developer lives in my city (delhi).
But it is hard to contribute on a regular basis because of a lack of resources, a 24hr net connection for example is 15% of my salary.
