The document summarizes the history and growth of the free and open source software movement in India from the early 1990s to 2008. It describes the initial spread of free software philosophy through Linux user groups and academic communities in the early period from 1991-2000. It then discusses the rise of awareness and advocacy from 2000-2004 through the formation of organizations like FSF India and user groups across various cities. From 2004-2006 it discusses how the movement further spread through activism, public sector adoption, and more developer contributions. Finally from 2007-2008 it characterizes the movement as a social movement with growing numbers of activists and policy work around open standards and public sector adoption.