On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:51 AM, Praveen Arimbrathodiyil <[email protected]> wrote: > On തിങ്കള് 12 ഒക്ടോബര് 2009 09:25 > , sankarshan wrote: >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Anivar Aravind >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Some of the special interest groups we identified are also listed on same >>> page >>> >> >> I took a quick look at the SIGs and, it appears that there is no group >> for "content". By content, I indicate the umbrella term that covers >> both creative content and, educational content ie. textbooks and the >> like. Is there a need to have one or, should this be covered in an >> overlapping fashion by the other SIGs ? >> >> >> > > This is very close to what I was arguing regarding "foss for education". I > still think we should add one more item or even better include it in the > first point as "Promoting collaborative processes and foss tools in > building/sharing knowledge and culture" (could be worded differently). This > need not be restricted to just using foss tools. > > I think we also missed one important item that was present in the principles > list > > 'Encouragement for student commitment and contribution to FOSS' > > I suggest we add "Encouraging student commitment and contribution to FOSS" > as a point in the charter. >
This suites for a SIG Anivar -- "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
