Thanks for sharing the petition/draft . In petition Prof Milind Oka mention about #RMS , Please do consider elaborating on #RMS philosophy on #freesoftware https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/rms-hack.en.html and why only particular distribution (C-DAC/BOSS) ? , suggest to share such details.I wish the best for petition.
On 7/19/16, Pirate Praveen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Information Communication Technology (ICT) is the pivot and backbone of > our lives in this digital age. > Education is one of the most important aspect which is affected by ICT. > The said sector depends heavily on computers and other such devices like > Tablets and more so on the software (programs ) and the Operating System > which these machines run. > There are two types of software systems available as choices. Free (as > in freedom ) often referred to as Open source software, and proprietary > software. These two systems differ In the way they are provided to the > end-users, development practices and amount of freedom users have with > the technology. > While Free and Open source software gives every one the permission to > use, understanding and make copies with or without modifications, the > proprietary software only allows user to use a single copy on a single > machine without any permission to understand, modify or make copies for > personal or professional reasons even though license has been payed for. > There are several issues governing what kind of Software and OS should > be used in education. This document focuses on these issues and will > make recommendations on software and OS to be used in educational > institutes syllabus and administration. > > Read full document and sign > > https://www.change.org/p/petition-for-mandating-use-of-free-and-open-source-software-in-new-education-policy-2016 > > Share this link widely and get as many signatures as you can so we can > create maximum impact. > > -- Regards, G.T.RAO A free software fund-a-mentaL-isT. http://fossyatra.wordpress.com https://twitter.com/gtrao 'ग्न्यू-लिनक्स' (GNU-Linux): नि:शुल्क और खुले स्रोत सॉफ्टवेयर आप के लिए और दुनिया के लिए अच्छा है.ना कोई adware,ना कोई spyware, सिर्फ अच्छा सॉफ्टवेयर. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
