Sir,
An Open Forum of Free Software Movement was held in
the Dept of Polymer Science,Cochin University of
Science and Technology,Cochin,Kerala,India on 25th
September at 2 P.M. for promoting Free Software
Movement in CUSAT.The following decisions were taken
(i) To form a core group of people interested in Free
Software
(ii) To form an egroup for Free Software Movement in
CUSAT. ('FSCUSAT'(CUSAT Free Software Movement >
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fscusat/) is now
available)
(iii) To start loading Linux in the systems of
interested users
(iv) To arrange a workshop on Free Software towards
the end of October.(For atleast two representatives
from each Department)
(v) A committee was formed with two convernors
1. Mr. G.Santhosh Kumar (Lect. ,Dept of Computer
Science)
2. Mr. Bharat Chandran.R.S (Student, Dept of
Instrumentation)
Regards,
Bharat Chandran
NB:- Please tell me how to be a member of FSF
india.Also tell me how our members in Cochin
University will be able to a member in FSF India
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A very good news. I am just coming from a meeting with
Mr. M.S. Sridhar (of Cyberscape Multimedia Limited) and Prof. Jitender
Shaw (VJTI, Mumbai). Sridhar is releasing the Indian Language TTF
fonts (more than hundred) under GPL today the the birthday of Mahatma
Gandhi. He has fonts for all the languages. The press release and
release note will be posted by evening. I wanted to break the news to
all of you. We have been trying to have this meeting happen, but it
happened today. The fonts will be putup on FSF-India's website for
download, as well as their companies web site. The details will be
announced soon. I will put it up on the FSF site as soon as I get the
CD. We can also put them up at indic-computing site at sourceforge.
Now the task is to make use of the set of TTF fonts and solve the
immediate problem of encoding and rendering with TTF fonts in all the
Indian Languages and release the GNU/Linux distro with GNOME
applications enabled by January 26. The next task is to convert these
fonts to Open Type fonts as soon as possible.
Mr. Sridhar is only anticipating from the free software community the
technical know how so that their company will also start developing
applications under GNU/Linux OS, and also help us solve the problem of
converting TTF to OTF.
I hope this news will add momentum to the efforts of localization. I
wish to thank on behalf of the free software community Sridhar and
also Jitender Shaw for initiating this process and making this happen.
I think this gesture of Sridhar will be a slap on the face of CDAC and
other both Govt and private companies who are refusing to share such
resources.
Nagarjuna
Hello,
Register your protest against the inclusion of a products from a
Multinational Company
in the IT@school syllabus by sending mail to the following.
The Executive Director
IT @ SCHOOL Project
SCERT Buildings
Poojapura
Thiruvananthapuram-12
email: itschool(a)asianetindia.com
Also ask your friends, especially school/college teachers, who are
familiar with GNU/Linux to do the same.
regards
ajith
Thanks to Shyam Kumar.s <shyamkumars(a)yahoo.com> for his feedback and
constructive criticism on an earlier version of this posting. Responsibility
for errors, or conceptual flaws continues to be mine. Send in your feedback
to fred at bytesforall dot org. FN
COMMENT: Ten ways to promote communication within a GNU/LUG...
* Build a network of GNU/LUG speakers, who are capable to speak and
evangelise on the power of GNU/Linux. It's important to list
who's available to speak on what subject, so that the interests
of newbies are catered to. Technical issues are imporant; but
issues like the philisophy of Free Software needs to be
adequately understood. The power of sharing and helping one
another also can be emphasised.
* List readily available GNU/Linux software, where
available, and under what terms it can be
shared freely and without artificial restrictions.
* List GNU/LUG members and contact details. Group communications
through GNU/LUG mailing-lists build a self-learning environment
for all, but sometimes one-to-one correspondence may be more
apt in order to (i) avoid mailing-list overload (ii) address
issues which might not be of wider group interest.
* Expanding numbers is important. It helps GNU/LUGs attain
critical mass. At the same time, it's equally important
to take care of one another's learning needs, and the
requirement of building a caring, sharing environment.
Sharing and community building could prove more valuable
than mere technical excellence, as the latter could lead
to stagnation and elitism along its trajectory.
* Report regularly on GNU/LUG meetings. This build
bridges to those not present.
* Plan for GNU/LUG meetings in advance. Meetings with
outlined agendas and scheduled talks could attract more
people than vague, no-agenda meetings. Meetings should
also take care of newbie interests, including talks and
subjects that would help to build interest among those who
are not so well-versed with GNU/Linux.
* If nothing else works, trying to build more
mini-GNU/LUGs in your area.
Release Notes:
M/S Cyberscape Multimedia Limited, Mumbai, developers of Akruti
Software for Indian Languages, are here by releasing a set of TTF
fonts for nine Indian scripts (Devanagari, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil,
Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, and Gurumukhi) under GNU General
Public License (GPL). The fonts will be made available through Free
Software Foundation of India and will be uploaded at the web site of
FSF-India (www.gnu.org.in), indic-computing(a)sourceforge.net and also
at the Akruti site (http://www.akruti.com).
For any further information or assistance please contact
mssridhar(a)vsnl.com.