On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Raj Mathur <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is great, and I for one am glad to see the BOSS Linux team
> interacting with the community on a peer basis. Hope this can help move
> both BOSS and FOSS (pun unintended) in India forward.
>
> thanks. BOSS was the mandate for NRCFOSS Phase I. In Phase II the focus is
expected to be more on applications, along with stabilisation of BOSS as a
distro.
> > 4. Indian language localisation : The .po files files, keyboard
>
> Not an expert in these matters,
me too !!
> but AFAIR the issue was with font
> licensing (open to correction). Would it help if we open a Wiki page
> where people can list out perceived issues with BOSS Linux (from the
> community/FOSS point of view), which we could then collate and discuss?
>
>
please do open a wiki page. at best we can consolidate the issues -- in the
true FOSS spirit, "bugs" could be identified so that some way to solve them
(at worst isolate them) could emerge.
> > 5. There are a few packages like Bulk Document Converter,
> > Presentation Tool, etc. -- integrated with BOSS distro, but could be
> > candidates for stand alone packages.
>
> What licences are these available under? If they aren't already, please
> consider making them FOSS so everyone (including BOSS users) can benefit
> from community participation and the momentum that brings to any
> software. BOSS being a purely Indian distribution is likely to see a
> lot of traction from the community here, most of whom would support and
> advocate an Indian Linux distribution if some minor thorns were pulled
> out.
>
will work on these aspecs.
Srinivasan
Project Scientist, CDAC/NRCFOSS
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