[ilugd] CPI(M) manifesto calls for promotion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Dear All, The political support for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) continues to increase. The CPI(M) manifesto released on the 16th of March calls for the promotion of FOSS. The manifesto can be accessed at http://www.cpim.org/manifesto.pdf Following are some of the highlights of

[ilugd] FOSS Manifesto for Indian political parties

Hi All, Some of you may have seen (in other LUGs or elsewhere) a draft FOSS manifesto which has been circulated.With elections approaching in April 2009, it was time to create a FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties. This manifesto calls upon political parties to support FOSS in India

[ilugd] Update on meeting for National Coalition/Network on FOSS

Hi All, We had the meeting for the national network/coalition for FOSS on the 22nd of February. Around 30-35 people attended and we had a good discussion.The details are put up at - http://fosscom.in Please do have a look. Thanks, Vinay. -- Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-98805-95032

[ilugd] National Coalition for promotion of FOSS - meeting on 22.02.2009

Dear All, Many of us have been advocating for several years the adoption of FOSS applications and platforms and FOSS related advocacy has been gathering momentum. Last year, we had an advocacy processes relating to software patents and the OOXML debate, we had RMS and Eben Moglen visiting