W.R.T the Common Minimum Programme for FOSSCOMM, FSMK supports 1. To campaign for Free or Open Source software to be introduced in the education domain in both the IT and non IT streams. To identify and build expertise to support open source applications as alternatives to the current proprietary applications.
2. To campaign for open formats for all data in the public domain. To identify and build expertise in the tools to accomplish this.Data includes things like documents, photos, satellite images, fingerprints ... A full compilation of all types of data has to be made and recommendations for the appropriate format to be made. 3. To campaign for the open release of all software that is created with public money. A law should be made for this. 4. Resisting all forms of legal threats to free and open source software; campaigning and co-ordinating efforts for expanding the public domain/commons both in law and in practice. We would like to add 5. National Policy on ICT in education and notification for implementing the same phase-wise. 6. Providing Special Incentives and Concessions to Indian IT Industry which promote FOSS. 7. Adoption of FOSS for all E-Governance projects/schemes and Govt. departments. 8. Complete elimination of outsourcing of IT education projects by the Government. National ICT policy should have outsource-free IT education schemes. We would like to note that FOSS is not a silver bullet for all problems in society and hence the Govt. should increase its role in public education, E-Governance and other areas which are of critical importance to the strengthening of our Nation's sovereignty and intellectual self-reliance. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
