> > -- > Krittika Vishwanath > www.itforchange.net > Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities > Tel:9535321980 > What is Public Software? see http://public-software-centre.org/node/31
This Term is Creating Too Much Confusion. Recently some of us received a call from Kerala Chief Ministers office mentioning about a suggestion from an NGO based in Blore to change term Free and Open Source Software in the policy document of Govt of Kerala to Public Software. Though it is good that they are trying to promote free software in government. To me their strategy looks to be an effort to remove freedom from the discussion. It seems to be projecting new name to enter into public projects. In places where policy clearly mandates FOSS , These terms are bringing more ambiguity to policy Public software does not have a Proper Definition. and it is still one NGO agenda to push their term in Policy. I Think Fosscom need to discuss this issue and need to have a position on how to address these issues . 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
