> > 1. Encouraging the use of FOSS in Indian education system. This > will inculcate the virtues of collaboration, sharing and participation > in children from a very young age and make computerization of schools > affordable.
try to also incorporate technical education and learning by doing as the ultimate objective in schools and colleges. 2. Eliminating proprietary software from the education syllabus and > making the syllabus vendor-neutral, thus giving teachers and students > the choice of software that suits their budgets and needs. syllabus should be concept driven rather than product driven. 3. Using FOSS in e-government to the maximum possible extent and > ensuring that government tenders are open and do not favor proprietary > software vendors. All software developed with tax-payers money should > be released under a FOSS license to encourage collaboration; and the > sharing of code and best practices. > > 4. Mandating the usage of open standards that are free from > royalties and vendor lock-in so that the interaction between the > government and citizens happens in a free and open manner befitting a > democracy. are you trying to point at the cost? 5. Encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based knowledge repositories > like Wikipedia in Indian languages. > too technical or a project like can delete this point > 6. Encouraging the usage of the collaborative model of FOSS in > scientific research. Science thrives on collaboration and the sharing > of knowledge. The current trend of privatizing knowledge leads to > secrecy in science and reduces collaboration. We must use the FOSS > model based on collaboration, community and shared ownership of > knowledge to spark a renaissance of knowledge in India. yes good point you can say knowledge societies in future or something .... 7. Eliminating software and business method patents that have lead > to huge amounts of litigation in developed countries. Indian > traditions have held that knowledge grows by sharing and diminishes > when hoarded. Patents on software and business methods grant undue > monopolies on ideas and prevent independent invention and the sharing > of knowledge. > > -Satya http://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaakam -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
