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| GNULabs is a initiative of local community based on college, which aims for the development of science, technology, computer and freedom. A special preference will be given to the works related which will benefit the whole community.The lab is one which supports the free software idea forwarded by the [http://www.fsf.org Free Software Foundation] and the [http://www.gnu.org GNU Project] and supports the concept of the software being [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html free].
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| The first practical implementation of this GNULabs will be there at [http://www.vidyaacademy.ac.in/vidyaweb/ Vidya Academy of Science and Technology,Thalakkotukara], Thrissur from Novemeber 2006.
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| '''Note : The GNULabs not officially supported by the GNU project or FSF till now.'''
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| The GNULabs aims :
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| * Improvement of Free softwares.
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| * Creation of free softwares.
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| * Public awareness of the benefits and need of free softwares
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| * Supporting the students inside campus for doing there final year project in and as free software.
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| ==GNULabs law [G L L]==
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| These are set of laws which we wish the lab volunteers has to follow;the laws are not to restrict the benefits instead to make the freedom a standard for the future lab works.
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| #Every software used in the GNULabs will be a '''free software'''
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| #Every software which is released by the Lab will be a '''free software''' and will be released under [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL] Version 2 or later.
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| #All the documents/manuals relased by the GNULabs will be under [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL].
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| #The Lab supports only '''Free Software that will run on Free Operating Systems'''.
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| #The Lab support those projects which will be released as a free software and which runs on free software.
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| #Only free file formats will be used in the lab for all needs.
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| #The name of individuals who worked for a specific project will be shown along with it and the copyright of the softwares developed will be shared with the GNULabs and the developers.
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| #Localisation will be done only for the free softwares ''and as specified above'' '''which works on free operating system'''
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| #No usage of '''non_free softwares''' will be allowed within the lab.
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| #We welcome the support,funding and contributions from outside communities,companies and groups but we are not willing to change these G L L for them
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| == Supporting communites ==
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| * [http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FOSS Community India]
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| * [http://fsugtsr.org/ Free Software Users Group Thrissur]
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| * [http://plus.sarovar.org Palakkad Libre software Users Society]
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