On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:46 AM, satyaakam goswami <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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.
That gets into pedagogy and education policy rather that "ICT in education" policy so I think we should avoid it. > > 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. > Excellent point! > 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? No. Free as in Freedom :-) > > 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 > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
