Campaign to promote free software in Karnataka: Difference between revisions
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As Professionals, it is a tough job to provide 'constant' support and hence we come to the concept of the Swatantra Software Users/Developers Groups at the Institution level. This group consists of students of the institution who will form a self-sustaining support system with support from the Professionals. Thus an efficient eco-system is created. The local unit needs to stay in touch with each other through online groups and collaborative wiki pages. | As Professionals, it is a tough job to provide 'constant' support and hence we come to the concept of the Swatantra Software Users/Developers Groups at the Institution level. This group consists of students of the institution who will form a self-sustaining support system with support from the Professionals. Thus an efficient eco-system is created. The local unit needs to stay in touch with each other through online groups and collaborative wiki pages. | ||
Now we come to the Developers community. This is the first line without whom the free software movement cannot kick off(And yes, the long-term goal should be to liberate the free software movement from the developers community). Our responsibility is to reach out to a maximum number of | Now we come to the Developers community. This is the first line without whom the free software movement cannot kick off(And yes, the long-term goal should be to liberate the free software movement from the developers community). Our responsibility is to reach out to a maximum number of educational institutions and work to generate free software activists and contributors because the students are the life of this Movement. We need to constantly enlist the help of non-free-software developers as well and get them to also contribute to the Movement. | ||
Last but not the least is the effort of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers. We need to contribute to a support of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers who will work full time to build the Movement. I cannot stress enough the necessity of whole-timers. | Last but not the least is the effort of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers. We need to contribute to a support of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers who will work full time to build the Movement. I cannot stress enough the necessity of whole-timers. | ||