How do we engage avg citizens to care about FOSS?

[Badri_Sunderarajan]

I have proposed a BoF here! Still looking for a co-moderator

Propose Birds of a Feather (BoF) session @ IndiaFOSS 2026

FOSS in the Public Consciousness This is inspired by @Muneer_S’s thread on how to engage the average citizen to care about FOSS, Background To paraphrase the linked discussion: we have numerous FOSS events, and while they have their purpose, a lot of them are “preaching to the converted” in the sense that they are limited in getting more people to learn about FOSS. If you look at the reach of such meetups and conference outside tech circles, this reach plummets to nearly zero. We need to thi…