Free Software Foundation of India
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The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based Free Software Foundation. It was founded in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) (the capital of Kerala) in 2001[2] as a non-profit Company.[3] The FSFI advocates to promote the use and development of free software in India. This includes educating people about free software, including how it can help the economy of a developing country like India. FSF India regards non-free software as not a solution, but a problem to be solved. Free software is sometimes locally called swatantra software in India.
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Abbreviation | FSFI |
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Formation | 20 July 2001 (23 years ago) (2001-07-20) |
Type | Charitable organization |
Headquarters | Kerala, India |
Region served | India |
Affiliations | FSF* network[1][failed verification] |
Website | fsf |
In 2003, after meeting with FSF founder Richard Stallman, the President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam[4][5] urged Indian computer scientists and professionals to use free and open-source software[6] in research and development.[7]