Ubuntu-Pakistan Play your part - Use Free and Open Source Software - Protect Your Families, Homes and Businesses

[ADNAN Ch.]

Is it thr microsoft tools are running perfectly on Ubuntu .. or third pirty
tools ... which are running on Microsoft Os

On 12/25/05, Fouad Riaz Bajwa <bajwa at fossfp.org> wrote:
>
> Are 83%-98% of Pakistanis thieves? UNKNOWINGLY
>
> Are you Safe?
> Ever wondered that all those people that use Microsoft Windows Operating
> System and MS Office Tools may be committing a serious crime unknowingly?
> How? Well when you bought your un-branded Desktop Personal Computers, did
> you pay an extra Rs.7000-18000 for the operating system and office tools?
> Evidently not unless you belong to a very rich family or business group!
>
> Are you committing a serious crime?
> You are well aware that Pakistan has signed the WTO Agreement under which
> Pakistan will honor and protect intellectual property rights in global
> trade
> thus companies and individuals involved in trading/exporting business
> activities need to fulfill this requirement and what happens when the
> international community finds out that almost 98% of Pakistanis are using
> pirated software at their homes, offices, universities etc...TRADE
> EMBARGOES! Means no business opportunities for Pakistan!
>
> Pakistan's global reputation at stake?
> Not only that, when universities and colleges are using pirated software
> to
> train our students on IT literacy, they are producing more software
> pirates
> and thieves and that is why preference for Pakistanis Human Resource for
> overseas jobs is decreasing at a very fast rate. They say we are from a
> nation that uses Pirated Software and does not protect Intellectual
> Property. Are we all a part of destroying our nation's reputation
> globally?
> First political instability, unlawfulness, then terrorism and now Software
> Piracy, what are we doing with ourselves and our country?
>
> A Federal Pakistani Law you are unaware of?
> What if one day your home or offices were raided by the Federal
> Investigation Authority (FIA) accompanied by the Business Software
> Alliance
> (BSA), your computer machines confiscated, offices sealed, you arrested
> and
> imprisoned for 6 months to 2 years with a fine of Rs. 200,000? Why?
> Because
> you were unaware that the person/vendor who sold you a computer didn't
> inform you that it was loaded with a pirated version of Microsoft
> Windows/Microsoft Office tools or maybe you yourself purchased a Rs.60worth
> of software on a CD from Hafeez Centre Lahore or Unicenter Karachi. Its
> true
> that a federal law against Software Piracy exists in Pakistan and some one
> who would like to play a prank on you can report to FIA or BSA and get you
> in to serous trouble, if not a prank then a complaint would be enough to
> get
> over 50 million Pakistanis in offense of the Anti-Software Piracy Law.
> Read this: http://nation.com.pk/daily/nov-2004/27/bnews2.php
> And this:
> http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-12-2004_pg7_30
>
> Do you have an option? YES!
> FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan (lead by
> Dr.M.A.Pasha and Fouad Riaz Bajwa) in collaboration with the Open Source
> Resource Centre PSEB-OSRC at the Ministry of Information Technology,
> Government of Pakistan and the United Nations help protect you from
> committing a serious crime of using Pirated Software. FOSSFP stepped into
> the national ICT scene when it was felt that a solid and serious
> initiative
> in the form of an organization was needed that would educate people about
> the dangers of using (unknowingly/knowingly) pirated software in their
> homes, offices, shops, schools etc. FOSSFP provides you information, free
> training against pirated software, an alternate license-free Operating
> System, Business Tools, Internet Tools, Games, Learning Tools etc,
> certifies
> you as Pirated Software Free Citizens and continues to protect
> Intellectual
> Property locally as well as globally helping Pakistan do fair business and
> trade with the international community. FOSSFP certifies you as a free or
> open source software user and provides you with 18 months of free customer
> support and updates that you are missing out with Pirated Software.
>
> Call FOSSFP right now to HELP PROTECT YOU!
> FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan can help
> protect you and save your computers, family members and businesses from
> the
> dangers of Software Piracy and the best thing is you get basic training,
> certification and software CDs free of cost!
>
> You can get help from us 24/7 anytime by calling: 0333-4661290
> Or
> Email us at: bajwa at fossfp.org
> Or
> Visit our website at: http://www.fossfp.org
>
> Where are our training centres?
> FOSSFP currently has training centres in Lahore and Karachi but if you are
> willing to tip in and support the National Anti-Software Piracy Campaign
> and
> protect your friends and family, you can drop us a line and we can educate
> and equip you to combat this serious and dangerous plague in our society!
>
>
> Regards.
> ---------------------------
> Fouad Riaz Bajwa
> General Secretary
> FOSSFP: Free & Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan (r)
> FOSSAC ' 2006 Secretariat
> Punjab University College of Information Technology
> University of The Punjab, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus
> The Mall, Lahore-54000, Pakistan
> Phone #: 92 (042) 111-923-923 Ext: 27
> Cell #: 92-333-4661290
> e-mail: bajwa at fossfp.org
> Lahore-Pakistan.
> URL: www.fossfp.org
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