Dear Sasi,
Think your suggestions are very good ... FOSSCOMM members can put in
energies and create these templates for sending out to different public
authorities - it will help a lot. To start with, we can create these
templates and put it on the FOSSCOMM site.
Currently such letters/templates are in two webpages -
http://fosscomm.in/IfYouSee and http://fosscomm.in/CategoryLetters, can
i request the web masters if they can organize all template letters into
one page, with suitable categories within Proactive and Reactive classes.
I also agree with Vikrams points - we need to work on proactive and
reactive ways to push FOSS agenda forward
regards
Guru
V. Sasi Kumar wrote:
On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 16:39 +0530, Vickram Crishna wrote:
As I understand it, aside from the proactive approach of conducting
training, providing assistance with system migration and developing
business models to deploy FOSS wherever the chance arrives,
Yes, this is something we need to do on a regular basis. Can we draft
1) a letter to all universities in India pointing out the need to
include only generic terms for software and the problems with naming
specific, especially proprietary, applications in their curricula;
2) a letter to all ministries to mandate FOSS for e-governance and other
applications, especially with security implications;
3) an appeal to all governments to use only free/open formats for
documents they create and documents they accept;
4) another appeal to provide software they develop under a free licence?
Sending separate letters for these purposes and sending one letter
including all these, I think, each has its advantages. Perhaps, sending
letters at regular intervals may have a greater impact.
Regards
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