Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu
Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu (or FSFTN in short) () is a not-for-profit organisation formed in 2008 as a part of Free Software Movement of India (FSMI). This organisation is a social movement that works towards enlightening the masses with the essence of free software and to liberate knowledge. FSFTN organises different workshops and seminars in Tamil Nadu among the youth to spread the idea of knowledge liberation. Presently FSFTN is active in campuses like Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Anna University, and Madras Institute of Technology in and around Chennai. Name. Free Software  Foundation Tamil Nadu is the body working as a part of Free Software Movement of India and not the Free Software Foundation of India. It is often believed that FSFTN is the official chapter of Free Software Foundation or Free Software Foundation of India. Recent disclaimer of Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu makes clear that FSFTN is a part of Free Software Movement of India and they are not associated with either Free Software Foundation or Free Software Foundation of India anyway other than the ideology. Objectives. As per the FSFTN site the main objectives of the organisation are as  follows: GNU/Linux Users Group (GLUG). The GNU/Linux Users Group (GLUG) are the essential place for Knowledge sharing activities for Colleges and Regions co-ordinated by FSFTN. FSFTN has both Regional and College GLUGs. The GLUGs operate at various levels and is guided by the Core Committee Members of FSFTN. The functionalities and structure of GLUG are as follows, Activism. The Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu was in the forefront of the protests against the inclusion of proprietary software in the free laptop scheme by the Government of Tamil Nadu. On 6 February 2012, FSFTN organised a lecture on  Freedom, Free Software and Education by the founder of Free Software Foundation - Richard Matthew Stallman at IIT Madras in Chennai. On 19 February 2012, a Mozilla localisation seminar was organised by the Free Software Foundation, Tamil Nadu at IIT Madras. On 9 June 2012, FSFTN conducted a protest against Intermediaries Guidelines Rules and spread awareness about the importance of a free Internet through posters, distribution of pamphlets and speeches by some of the volunteers at Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai. On June 2013, FSFTN conducted 5 days workshop in collaboration with ILUGC at IIT-Madras on various technologies and discussed about  social issues like "Internet Democracy","Gender Biasing" etc. On 23 April 2015, as part of Free Software Movement of India's call for campaign in support of NetNeutrality, FSFTN organised a walkathon in Besant Nagar Beach