Kerala’s inspiring new revolution

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Latha Jishnu: Kerala’s inspiring new revolution

But the prospect of making societies more inclusive through sharing is a concept that is likely to keep Kerala hooked to the idea of free software. Perhaps, it’s something in their genes. Stallman, the persuasive prophet of software, had remarked that Indians more than any other people were attracted to this culture. And coming back from a recent conference in Thiruvananthapuram on ‘Freedom in Computing: Development and Culture’, Eben Moglen, professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, founder-director of the Software Freedom Law Centre, had told me that Kerala had reached a mature and impressive moment in its development of free software.

It has inspired one other state, Andhra Pradesh, to include the use of free software in its IT programme, a trend that could catch on in coming days.