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==Action Plan==
==Action Plan==
*Target the Software Developers community.
* Target the Software Developers community.
*Target Engineering colleges
* Target Engineering and Degree colleges.
*Target Schools  
* Target Schools.
* Take help from active communities in Bangalore
* Take help from active communities in Bangalore.


==Howto Implement Action Plan==
==Howto Implement Action Plan==
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Without following these basic steps it is going to be very tough to take the Swatantra Software Movement to the next level here in Karnataka.
Without following these basic steps it is going to be very tough to take the Swatantra Software Movement to the next level here in Karnataka.
==FOSS in schools==
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Schools


==FOSS Development Cell==
==FOSS Development Cell==
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#[[User:Sujithh|Sujith Haridasan]]
#[[User:Sujithh|Sujith Haridasan]]
#[[User:Shashank|Shashank Bharadwaj]]
#[[User:Shashank|Shashank Bharadwaj]]
#[[User:Vincentvikram|Vikram Vincent]]
#[[    Mallikarjun]]
#[[    Mallikarjun]]
#[[User:kiran_333ind|Kiran Kumar]]
#[[User:kiran_333ind|Kiran Kumar]]
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#Justin Joseph, justinjoseph007 at gmail dot com
#Justin Joseph, justinjoseph007 at gmail dot com
#[[User:willyindia|willy]]
#[[User:willyindia|willy]]
#[[User:arun_k|arun]]


==Participating Organisations==
==Participating Organisations==
[http://bangalore.gnu.org.in '''Free Software Users Group, Bangalore''']
[http://bangalore.gnu.org.in '''Free Software Users Group, Bangalore''']


'''Forum for Science and Development'''
== Swatantra.Org [Kannada Localization project] ==
  #Dr. S. Chatterjee,  Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
[http://www.swatantra.org ''' Swatantra.Org ''']
  chat99 -at- vsnl -dot- com (Convenor)
  #Dr. Vijoo Krishnan, St. Joseph's College, PG Dept.
  vijookrishnan -at- gmail -dot- com (Jt. Convenor )
 
== Swatantra Kannada Localization==
[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization/Introduction The necessity to localise the computer in our mother tongue]
[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization/Introduction The necessity to localise the computer in our mother tongue]


For '''Swatantra Kannada localisation''', particularly w.r.t. '''Debian''' contact [[User:Vincentvikram |Vikram Vincent]].  
For '''Swatantra Kannada localisation''', particularly w.r.t. '''Debian''' and '''GNOME''' contact [[User:Vincentvikram |Vikram Vincent]].  


Contribute to the Swatantra Kannada localisation on Alioth/Debian '''http://kannada.alioth.debian.org/'''
Contribute to the Swatantra.Org project at '''http://swatantra.org/translate/'''


Do sign up to the  Debian mailing list to coordinate all activities related to Swatantra Kannada Localisation '''http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-kannada/'''
Do sign up to the  Debian mailing list to coordinate all activities related to Swatantra.Org Kannada Localisation project'''http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-kannada/'''


==Sampada Kannada Localization Initiative==
==Sampada Kannada Localization Initiative==
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==Events to come==
==Events to come==


==Events that were==
==Events that were==
* [[Say_No_To_Software_Patents#Candle_Light_Vigil |Candle light vigil to "say no to software patents"]] - 23rd August 2008
* [[Bangalore/Free_software_business_model |Free Software Business Model]] - 4th Jun, 2008
* [[Campaign_for_Document_Freedom#Candle_Light_Vigil_for_Document_Freedom| Candle Light Vigil for Document Freedom]] - 15th Apr, 2008
* [[Bangalore/Eben_Moglen|Eben Moglen in Bangalore]] - 3rd and 4th Jun, 2007
* [[Bangalore/Eben_Moglen|Eben Moglen in Bangalore]] - 3rd and 4th Jun, 2007
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Understanding_GPL_version_3|Understanding GPL version 3]] - 20th May, 2007
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Understanding_GPL_version_3|Understanding GPL version 3]] - 20th May, 2007
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==Reference==
==Reference==
* [http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsug-bangalore/2007-April/001181.html Announcement]
* [http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsug-bangalore/2007-April/001181.html Announcement]
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