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==Ideology behind Free Software== | ==Ideology behind Free Software== | ||
Check | Check these links: [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU] and [http://www.gnu.org.in/ GNU India] | ||
On Richard Stallman, the founder of this movement [http://www.stallman.org/ RMS Homepage] | On Richard Stallman, the founder of this movement [http://www.stallman.org/ RMS Homepage] | ||
On Eben Moglen, the architect of the GPLv3 http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/ | |||
==Action Plan== | ==Action Plan== | ||
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==Howto Implement Action Plan== | ==Howto Implement Action Plan== | ||
In a free knowledge society, anyone who wants to obtain knowledge can do so without any problems. Hence in that spirit I would like to put forward the rationale behind the above 'action plan'. | In a free knowledge society, anyone who wants to obtain knowledge can do so without any problems. Hence in that spirit I would like to put forward the rationale behind the above 'action plan'. | ||
By the sheer number of school students, schools have a decisive role in making the | By the sheer number of school students, schools have a decisive role in making the swatantra software movement a success. But to take free software to the schools and make it a part of the curriculum we need to generate the huge technical support required to execute this plan ie., the engineering/technical students who are technically adept. | ||
However, this too is a tough | However, this too is a tough endeavor as most engineering students are not 'swatantra software' oriented. We need to convince these students by showing them practically that swatantra software works. This can be accomplished by supporting them with college projects and mentoring them. Of course, to bring them on par with the projects, we need to have multiple technical sessions at the Institution level. | ||
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 | 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 ecosystem 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 | Now we come to the Developers community. This is the first line without whom the swatantra software movement cannot kick off(And yes, the long-term goal should be to liberate the swatantra software movement from the developers community). Our responsibility is to reach out to a maximum number of educational institutions and work to generate swatantra 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 | Last but not the least is the effort of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers. We need to contribute to the support of FSF-Karnataka whole-timers who will work full time to build the swatantra software 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 | 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. | ||
==Coordination== | ==Coordination== | ||
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Contribute to the Swatantra Kannada localisation on Alioth/Debian '''http://kannada.alioth.debian.org/''' | Contribute to the Swatantra Kannada localisation on Alioth/Debian '''http://kannada.alioth.debian.org/''' | ||
Do sign up to the Debian mailing list to coordinate all activities related to Swatantra Kannada Localisation '''http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-kannada/''' | |||
To contribute to the Debian installer localisation please see http://translate.sampada.net/ or contact me for a copy of the po file which you can localise at your convenience and then send back. | To contribute to the Debian installer localisation please see http://translate.sampada.net/ or contact me for a copy of the po file which you can localise at your convenience and then send back. | ||
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==Events to come== | ==Events to come== | ||
==Events that were== | ==Events that were== | ||
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Understanding_GPL_version_3|Understanding GPL version 3]]- 20th May, 2007 | |||
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Swatantra_Tech_Fest| BMSCE Swatantra Tech Fest]] - 21st April 2007 | * [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Swatantra_Tech_Fest| BMSCE Swatantra Tech Fest]] - 21st April 2007 | ||
* [[Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka/Etv_coverage|Etv coverage of free software movement in Bangalore(28th April,2007)]] | * [[Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka/Etv_coverage|Etv coverage of free software movement in Bangalore(28th April,2007)]] | ||