On 5 November 2013 16:43, A. Mani <a.mani....@gmail.com> wrote: > There is nothing specific about free software in the document. > There are serious differences between the idea and implementation of > free software and open source > which are particularly relevant in the context of this document. Do see > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html > for relevant details. They always miss the point :P
> The only concern for OSS seems to be 'reduced cost'. As far as "free > software" is concerned, the people drafting the document seem to > interpret "free" as "gratis" instead of "free as in freedom" (p.39). Yes they always do it , I even see some news media doing that , thats a very common perception and yes it needs to be changed. > Nothing is said about security models, openness of information, > knowledge commons and transparency of processes - that can be the > outcome of free software adoption. +1 I remember reading previous versions but wasnt feeling optimistic enough to suggest , I am happy you have brought this up here, lets have a detailed discussion . > Why does the document say so little about funding free software projects? Maybe because of ignorance ? > The document propagates FUD of proprietary software developers in > regard to free software licenses like GNU-GPL. It should be required > that all software developed by the Government must be under GNU-GPL-3 > and above or Affero-GNU-GPL in special cases. GNU-GPL-3+ remains the > best license for almost all use cases including commercial ones. For > more on licenses see > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html and > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html . +1 > Non copy-left > licenses should not be tolerated. They eventually amount to infringing > on people's fundamental rights. We (speaking for most of us here ) ofcourse arent happy with it , will the people who draft it care ? Regards, Pavithran _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
