Here is a request from RMS for transalting gnu.org into Hindi. As far as I
know a lot of translations happened for Tamil. Similarly while looking for
Hindi trnaslators, we may also look for other Indian languages as well.
--
GN
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From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Subject: [FSF India Board] gnu.org translation team needed for Hindi
To: fsf-board(a)gnu.org.in
Can you find people who would like to make a
gnu.org translation team for Hindi?
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
Please sign this petition.
some observations: the '/' in GNU/Linux is printed as '\' in the
text. which may be corrected. another unfortunate part of the draft
is the cost aspect of the initiative is given greater importance in
the arguments, and the functional importance of the operating system
while comparing GNU/linux with windows. We should take opportunities
like this to tell the policy makers that freedom of the user is more
important than the cost, while also telling that using free software
is incidentally economical as well. I have signed the petition.
--
GN
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From: Narendra Sisodiya <narendra(a)narendrasisodiya.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Subject: [fosscomm] Petition: Request to drop proprietary software
from the free laptops to be distributed by the government to students
of Tamil Nadu
To: Indian FOSS Community Network list <network(a)lists.fosscom.in>
FYI
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From: Alagunambi Welkin <alagunambiwelkin(a)fsftn.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Subject: [FSFTN] Petition: Request to drop proprietary software from
the free laptops to be distributed by the government to students of
Tamil Nadu
To: mailinglist(a)fsftn.org
Dear Friends,
The Government of Tamil Nadu have decided to implement the scheme of free
distribution of laptops to students studying Government and Government
aided Schools and Colleges, and released a tender to procure 9,12,000 of
laptops for the same.
By the tender reference: ELCOT/PID/ICB/LTC/PI/2011-12, government wants
Proprietary Software to be installed.
The decision to include Proprietary OS in the laptops will have a huge
impact both on cost and effectiveness of its use in education. There are
9,12,000 laptops being ordered for distribution. Assuming a basic cost of
Rs1,000/- per system for the OS license, we find that it will cost the
exchequer a whopping 91.2 crore. Incidentally the anti-virus software (the
'twin brother' of MS Windows) is offered as part of the package for just 1
year. This implies that the student will have to either pay to renew the
license every year or use a pirated version. Given the weak financial
situation of a vast majority of students, especially in rural parts of the
State, it is most likely that they would would opt for latter, a highly
unethical and unsafe practice. There is also a question mark as to how and
where students are expected to renew licenses or anti-virus software.
Besides, Microsoft provides support for its products only for a stipulated
period; there is no comment on how students would get the assistance once
the product is officially withdrawn from market.
It is well known now that GNU\Linux can perform all the functions any
proprietary OS can do and much more. Most of these laptops will be used
mainly to read/edit word documents, browse the internet, multimedia
purposes, etc.. All these functions can be accomplished with ease by the
available GNU\Linux distributions. Many more educational software are
produced by the FOSS community in GNU\Linux platform than any proprietary
companies. It is worth mentioning that there are even GNU\Linux
distributions available for educational purposes which are packed with lot
of software packages required for eduction.
So, please sign the petition to give free open source software for the
younger generation of Tamil Nadu.
http://www.fsftn.org/tn-students-laptop-petition
--
Alagunambi Welkin
Executive Committee Member
Free Software Foundation, Tamil Nadu.
Part of - Free Software Movement of India.
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