GNU Labs/Announcement

Free Software Foundation announced the formation of first GNU Lab at Vidhya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

GNU Labs is an initiative to bring students to Free Software development and to the research and development environment in Electronics, Technology and Science.The Software development and the researches done by GNU Labs is based on the ethos of Software Freedom put forward by the Free Software Foundation and The GNU Project. It believes software must be free and works for the user's freedom to study, modify, share and redistribute the Software. The GNU Labs aims to enhance existing free softwares and their documentation, propagate and convey the needs and benefits of free software to public and support the students to do their free software projects. The lab follows a set of laws called as GNU Labs Law, GLL, which the lab volunteers should follow. These laws are not meant to restrict the benefits, but to set freedom as a standard for the lab works. Any group inside an educational institution which works for software freedom can start GNU Labs inside their campus by following GLL. Doing so is indeed most welcomed.

GNU Labs steering committee, which consists of members of Free Software community will provide directions and guidance to the GNU Labs.

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software—particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants— and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their Web site, located at www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support their work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.

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