<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
of	O
India	O
(	O
FSFI	B-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
Indian	O
sister	O
organisation	O
to	O
the	O
US-based	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSFI	B-Application
advocates	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
use	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	I-Application
India	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
educating	O
people	O
about	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
including	O
how	O
it	O
can	O
help	O
the	O
economy	O
of	O
a	O
developing	O
country	O
like	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FSF	B-Application
India	I-Application
regards	O
non-free	B-Application
software	I-Application
as	O
not	O
a	O
solution	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
problem	O
to	O
be	O
solved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
sometimes	O
locally	O
called	O
swatantra	O
software	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
after	O
meeting	O
with	O
FSF	B-Operating_System
founder	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
,	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
India	O
Dr.	O
Abdul	O
Kalam	O
urged	O
Indian	O
computer	O
scientists	O
and	O
professionals	O
to	O
use	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
left	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
FSF	B-Application
India	I-Application
logo	O
resembles	O
the	O
famed	O
Ashoka	O
Chakra	O
,	O
that	O
also	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
Indian	O
national	O
flag	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
right	O
half	O
is	O
a	O
depiction	O
of	O
a	O
compact	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
both	O
symbols	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
draw	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
similarity	O
between	O
political	O
freedom	O
and	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
FSF	B-Operating_System
promotes	O
.	O
</s>
