Friends, the following email i received is forwarded herewith. any one interested may join. gp.ramachandran
As you know, Free Software has taken deep roots in Kerala, with the state government's IT Policy itself clearly supporting it. As the Policy document says, the objective of the policy is to build a Knowledge Society, as opposed to just promoting IT as an industry. In this context, we need to promote Free Knowledge, which is the equivalent of Free Software in the sphere of culture. Free Knowledge is knowledge that is made available with freedom for the users. This is exemplified by Wikipedia, which is an encyclopaedia built by people for the people, the contents of which can be used for any purpose by anyone without copyright restrictions. Creative Commons is a movement that has created several licences under which creative works like music, literature, photographs and so on can be distributed without all the restrictions imposed by copyright laws. Globally, we already have a large body of creative works available under Creative Commons licences. As you may know, the state government is favourable to making creative works made with public funds available to the public under an appropriate Free licence. IT Mission is organising a meeting of Free Knowledge and Free Software enthusiasts at Inforpark, Kochi, on October 27. A web site has been registered for the purpose at http://free-knowledge.web4all.in/ and a mailing list has been started to discuss various aspects of the meeting and also to continue our discussions later. To join the list, please visit http://www.freelists.org/list/freeknowledge. If you are interested in participating in the meeting, please do join the mailing list, since this forms an important part in communicating about the meeting. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Atmospheric Sciences Division Centre for Earth Science Studies PB No. 7250, Thuruvikkal PO Thiruvananthapuram 695031, India --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
