An Open Letter To Kerala CM: Difference between revisions
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==Suggestions== | ==Suggestions== | ||
* The IT Policy 2007 should not be confined as a mere public document for display, it ought to be a guideline for implementation and action by the bureaucracy, which owes its creation and existence to the people of the State. | * The IT Policy 2007 should not be confined as a mere public document for display, it ought to be a guideline for implementation and action by the bureaucracy, which owes its creation and existence to the people of the State. | ||
* A policy document on Free Software, no doubt, foresees a great amount of vision and admiration on issues over and above technological aspects. Foremost amongst these, is the concept of right to use, share, modify and publish software, extended to users as their 'freedoms'. | * A policy document on Free Software, no doubt, foresees a great amount of vision and admiration on issues over and above technological aspects. Foremost amongst these, is the concept of right to use, share, modify and publish software, extended to users as their 'freedoms'. | ||
* | * The dangerous perils that await a society which is forced to use or promote proprietary software include tendencies to exclude, spy, cheat and create individuals within a community. | ||
* Adoption of Free Software in academic curriculum had been mandated by many academic communities at varying levels, not merely because of the capabilities offered by Free Software to peek into the underlying technological issues with minutest detail possible, but also to inculcate a shared experience of collaborating, discussing and developing public software. | |||
* Guidelines have to be issued, migration plans to be developed. | * Guidelines have to be issued, migration plans to be developed. | ||
==Appeal== | ==Appeal== | ||