Hi All,
Please have a look at the link http://www.communitycode.org/
very interesting initiative and a proper utilization of manpower. You may like to go to the link below.
This article has been slashdotted also.
http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/05/04/2257229.shtml?tid=185&tid=218
you may like to look at http://www.communitycode.org/wiki/moin.cgi for the various levels where people can contribute.
I am interested in replicating this model here in India. A start can be done in Delhi and Bangalore side and extended further as we add new members. There are hundreds of projects which can be done atleast at the localization level. I hope if you read all the material listed on the links given above. there won't be any need for me to say more. The purpose itself is enough to justify the cause.
Just think! we are the nation of more than 1 billion people and we are largest software factory in the world, how much do we contribute to free/open source software ?? Although in long run we can take the biggest advantages from Free/Open Source Software.
Looking forward to hear comments from you folks.
Thanks and Regards, Puneet
On 5/5/05, Puneet Goel puneet.maillist@gmail.com wrote: Hi Puneet,
Please have a look at the link http://www.communitycode.org/
[snip...]
I was just about to post a similar message to the list. I definitely share the sentiments, and think this could be a wonderful opportunity to help spread the awareness/usage of free and open source software in India.
I think instead of targeting specific cities, we may want to start with specific communities of users. Folks working in the computer industry and the student community may be two we can target for starters.
Regards, Ragavan
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:04:25AM -0600, Ragavan Srinivasan wrote:
On 5/5/05, Puneet Goel puneet.maillist@gmail.com wrote: Hi Puneet,
Please have a look at the link http://www.communitycode.org/
[snip...]
I was just about to post a similar message to the list. I definitely share the sentiments, and think this could be a wonderful opportunity to help spread the awareness/usage of free and open source software in India.
I think instead of targeting specific cities, we may want to start with specific communities of users. Folks working in the computer industry and the student community may be two we can target for starters.
Instead of starting a new initiative, it is better to strengthen the existing initiatives, such as https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/prc, and sarovar.org.
Nagarjuna
Dear Nagarjun,
Thanks for sharing about https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/prc
These folks seems to be doing the interesting work. appreciated. and the best thing is they started some 5 years back.
For the last 2-3 days i have been discussing this info with some more folks and seeing the way this sarai list is going on. virtually scanned all the posts till date.
Without undermining the purpose behind this list, if we look at the traffic generated at this place and the kind of discussion going on, I feel this is not going in the direction they should have excelled by now. And the reason is only one, the way they are going on. precisly their operating model. The place is not more than a maillist. Not too many people even know about it.
and the sarai.net itself is in lot of other things. Particulary their 'About us' link says "Sarai: the New Media Initiative - a space for research, practice and conversation about the contemporary media and urban constellations."
What i am talking is a whole-sole concentrated approach towards a goal and that too without any deviation. Not only this we have some more points which can be added gradualy.
we have 2 options either we start on their portal etc. (but they might have their own reservations) or we start on our own with few more like minded people and take these guy's help, learn from their experiences.
As Mr. Raghav said rightly "I agree with Nagarjuna's email that instead of coming up with new initiatives, it might be a good idea to leverage existing ones. Personally, I see a mailing list as only one part of the answer, and for that, we can definitely use the sarai.net mailing list. I think what we need to do is to come up with a comprehensive proposal and then take it to FSF-India, sarai.net, Sarovar and any others out there to see how/where they can help. There are lots of people on those forums whose experience will prove very valuable to us."
rest sarover has been just a host for various projects. it is not relevent to what we r thinking of. yes! we can try/will to support it by hosting some of the projects there.
but one thing is for sure. whatever we will do we shall be doing it in complete harmony with FSF India.
let me know your comments.
Thanks and Regards, Puneet
Ps: I am looking forward to hear from more people on this. Please feel free to flame me if you think i am wrong at some point :)
On 5/6/05, Nagarjuna G. nagarjun@gnowledge.org wrote:
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:04:25AM -0600, Ragavan Srinivasan wrote:
On 5/5/05, Puneet Goel puneet.maillist@gmail.com wrote: Hi Puneet,
Please have a look at the link http://www.communitycode.org/
[snip...]
I was just about to post a similar message to the list. I definitely share the sentiments, and think this could be a wonderful opportunity to help spread the awareness/usage of free and open source software in India.
I think instead of targeting specific cities, we may want to start with specific communities of users. Folks working in the computer industry and the student community may be two we can target for starters.
Instead of starting a new initiative, it is better to strengthen the existing initiatives, such as https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/prc, and sarovar.org.
Nagarjuna
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