Re: [GKD] NGOs and Free Software

2004-12-24 Thread Vickram Crishna
On 12/22/04, Sam Lanfranco wrote: Many of these take place in areas where markets fail to work properly, in any event. And where on this planet exactly do markets work 'properly', without hedging them with consumer-protecting regulatory provisions? -- Vickram ***GKD is solely

Re: [GKD] NGOs and Free Software

2004-12-22 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I would like to add some observations to Frederick Noronha's plea that non-governmental organizations involved in development take seriously the option of using open source software, both in their internal operations and in the implementation of their projects. Frederick has argued that open

[GKD] NGOs and Free Software

2004-12-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Volunteering and Free Software Below is a list of ten reasons why volunteering organisations -- called non-government organisations (NGOs) in some countries -- need to take a close look and deploy Free Software: * If NGOs don't subscribe to the principles of sharing freely, reuse and