Very good move! Congratulations. FSF India will be willing to support, if you need any.
Best, Sasi On 26 December 2015 at 17:30, Pirate Praveen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Milind Oka <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 2015, ഡിസംബർ 26 5:17:35 PM IST > *To:* "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [ILUG-BOM] Today, 24 Dec - Mahacharcha - DD-Sahyadri - > 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm - Welcome BOSS and FOSS > > I had filed an RTI in mantralaya with the following questions > > 1. Total Expenditures on the purchase (including update or license fee) > of Operating system Microsoft Windows all versions in the financial year > 1013-14 > 2. Total Expenditures on the purchase (including update or license fee) > of Microsoft Office all versions in the financial year 1013-14. > 3. Total numbers of personal computers in working computers at present. > 4. Total number of personal computers running on free and open source > operating system > > The answer I obtained is as follows. > > 1. OS pre-installed so no separate expenditure incurred > 2 MS Office 2,45,69296/- Rs > 3 There are 31 PC's running in DIT > 4. Nil > > I filed in DIT section hoping that DIT will approve all purchases in > mantralaya hence I will get total expediture in mantralaya. > But it seems they have given purchases only in DIT. > But > then how 31 PC's require 2,45,69296/- Rs Software ? > > Our education policy clearly recommends FOSS right from 2012 and states > that no proprietary product names are to be referred in curriculum. > > This has been violated seriously for last three years. > > I have filed a Public Interest Litigation in Bombay High court (Next > Date is 4 Feb 15) > > PIL/141/2015 on 6 Aug 2015. > > The petitioner submits that he was required to complete MS-ACIT course > in order to get selection grade. Accordingly the petitioner took > admission to MS-ACIT course in July 2011. During the course the > Petitioner was shocked to realize that the course seemed nothing but an > advertisement of proprietary software and the course was using teachers > as instruments to promote proprietary software. It was a serious > violation of National Policy on ICT in School Education which clearly > recommends FOSS (Free and Open Source > Software) instead of Proprietary > software. > The Petitioner started making teachers aware of this violation as he > realized that the implications of this violation of policy would cause a > huge damage to our Education System, to the Society and in turn to our > beloved Nation. But due to lack of sufficient knowledge of ICT, most of > the teachers were ignorant and could not understand the importance of > this issue. > The petitioner kept on studying this issue for a long time and recently > decided to raise it after procuring a Notification of MHRD School-5 > section, dated 17.06.14 (Annexure A) which supported the views of the > petitioner in toto. > Further he learnt that our country has been taking tremendous efforts > through C-DAC (Centre of Development of Advanced Computing, Ministry of > Information and Technology) to promote FOSS (Free and Open Source > Software) in all fields including Education by releasin > g > India’s own > Free and Open Source Operating System with pre-installed software: > “Bharat Operating System Solutions” or BOSS an Indianized Version of > Linux. (www.bosslinux.in ) > The petitioner has been using BOSS 5.0 (Codenamed Anokha) for last six > months and he is proud to state here that our country’s own operating > system BOSS is a perfect replacement for other proprietary operating > systems. > To consolidate his claim he wrote to Honorable Chief Minister of > Tamilnadu and sought a feedback regarding BOSS as the Tamilnadu > Government has been using BOSS in all its offices since 12.03.2014. Copy > of the same is annexed and marked as Annexure – B to this Petition. The > petitioner is pleased to inform to this Honorable Court that in the > feedback, Tamilnadu Government officially stated that BOSS is indeed a > perfect replacement for any Proprietary Operating Sys > tem. > Copy of the > same is annexed and marked as Annexure – C to this Petition. > The petitioner submits that the Respondent No. 2 state has not included > India’s Own competent EduBOSS (a special version of BOSS for Education) > or BOSS in MS-ACIT syllabus for teachers and instead preferred to > violate the National Policy in ICT Education by inviting proprietary > software. > The petitioner submits that the honorable Supreme Court of India is > using a Free and Open Source Operating System Ubuntu Linux for all > courts in the country including all courts in Maharashtra. > To avoid further damage to Education System, to save Huge Public Funds > and to avoid Permanent Dependency on proprietary software vendors, the > petitioner has no alternative than to resort file the present Public > Interest Litigation. > > Relief (s) prayed for:- > The Petitioner therefore prays that: > i) That this Hon’ble Court be pleased t > o > invoke it’s Writ Jurisdiction > under article 226 of the Constitution of India and issue a Writ of > Mandamus or any other Writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus > and be pleased to : > a) To direct Respondent No. 2 State of Maharashtra to follow Annexure – > A by removing all proprietary software product names from the syllabi of > MSA-CIT / MS-CIT (Maharashtra State Certificate in Information > Technology), schools, colleges, universities and other Govt. recognized > education institutions and other State Govt. offices and institutions. > b) To stay the purchased order issued by Govt. of Maharashtra to > Proprietary Software Vendors. > c) To take action against the Govt. officers who have introduced > Proprietary Software Vendors in spite of directions issued in Annexure – > A on 17.06.2014 by Central Govt. to use FOSS. > d) To discontinue contracts awarded to Proprietary Software companies > who viol > ated > directions of Union of India given in Annexure – A. > ii) For ad-interim, interim reliefs in terms of prayer clause I (b) (c), > & (d) hereinabove. > For such other and further reliefs as deemed fit and proper by this > Hon’ble Court on the facts and circumstances of the case. > Cost of this Petition be provided for. > > > > > > > > On 12/24/15 11:04, Rushabh Mehta wrote: > >> Just wanted to check if anyone has done a recent survey on how much Gov of >> Mah spends annually on licenses to MS/Oracle/SAP etc to build a case for >> Free Software. >> >> Also if there are any old timers around, was the Kerala FOSS model tried to >> be replicated here with insistence of Free Software in Schools? >> >> thanks, >> Rushabh > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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