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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 Development Cell== | |||
"I think the "FOSS Development Cell" is definitely a good idea. As many of you who were involved in the Summer Workshop in Angadipuram know, that a similar idea regarding Technical support teams had come up during the discussion there and the 'FOSS Development Cell' (FDC) would be taking that idea to a much wider region and scope. Currently one of the main issues is the proficiency of the local hardware vendors in GNU/Linux support. So, we need to introduce the local hardware vendors to the scene. They already have a small, still efficient support staff their own (Most of them are not well trained in GNU/Linux). In order to leverage this current setup we need a three tiered structure. At the very top level, we professional will given necessary technical and guidance support to the students of the "FOSS Dev Cells" in various engineering colleges. At the next level, these trained students can then impart this knowledge to the technicians of the local hardware vendors. If this is in place, then just as we do it now, these local hardware vendors can now provide assured service to all the technical problems that may be faced by the schools. | |||
This structure would be faster and efficient than any support that Red Hat staff can deliver in Kerala. In addition, this framework helps build community-level interaction, wherein people at the local level try to solve their own problems." | |||
Ref: http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004967.html | |||
==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/''' | Do sign up to the Debian mailing list to coordinate all activities related to Swatantra Kannada Localisation '''http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-kannada/''' | ||
==Sampada Kannada Localization Initiative== | ==Sampada Kannada Localization Initiative== | ||
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==Events that were== | ==Events that were== | ||
* [[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 | ||
* [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Swatantra_Tech_Fest| BMSCE Swatantra Tech Fest]] - 21st April 2007 | * [[Bangalore/BMSCE/Swatantra_Tech_Fest| BMSCE Swatantra Tech Fest]] - 21st April 2007 | ||