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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. | ||
Without following these basic steps it is going to be very tough to take the Free Software Movement to the next level here in Karnataka. | Without following these basic steps it is going to be very tough to take the Free Software Movement to the next level here in Karnataka. | ||
==Coordination== | ==Coordination== | ||
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==Participating Organisations== | ==Participating Organisations== | ||
# Forum for Science and Development | # [[Forum for Science and Development|Forum for Science and Development]] | ||
# [http://bangalore.gnu.org.in Free Software Users group Bangalore] | # [http://bangalore.gnu.org.in Free Software Users group Bangalore] | ||
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[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 and GNOME, contact [[User:Vincentvikram|Vikram Vincent]]. | |||
There is also an initiative that has been going for a long time now at [http://kannada.sf.net Kannada Localization Initiative] - you can also join hands there and take part in the [http://translate.sampada.net translation drive], as well. There is also a [http://lists.sampada.info/mailman/listinfo/translation mailing list] for discussion related to Kannada translation. | |||
Please feel free to join in. | |||
==List of active communities/people that you can garner help from== | |||
* [http://indlinux.org Indlinux] | |||
* [http://sampada.net Sampada Kannada Community] | |||
* [http://baraha.com Baraha Community] | |||
* [http://www.altlawforum.org/ Alternative Law Forum] | |||
==Events to come== | |||
==Events that were== | |||
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Swatantra_Tech_Fest| BMSCE Swatantra Tech Fest]] - 21st April 2007 | |||
==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] | ||