[Fsf-friends] Indian Linux users cant see constitution in Hindi

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 08:16 +0530, Ramanraj K wrote:
>  >
>  >Proprietary software have almost never been the only viable option at
>  >any time in the history of web. Let me explain: .....
>  >
> Earlier, there was a discussion about http://osf.nic.in/ here, and there
> was no real consensus as to the acceptable "standard". That apart, 
> questions like, is it all right to use java, javascript, frames, etc. 
> arise.  You may contend that NIC/GoI sites fall short of your standards, 
> but is there any consensus about the ideal normative standards that any 
> public body should follow?


Fall short of my standards? I am talking about web standards defined
here: http://www.w3c.org/ for HTML/DOM/CSS, 
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm

for Javascript. And there is nothing specific to public bodies. All
websites should be trying to comply with these standards as much as
possible.


>  > To be honest, I am a bit prejudiced against premier government
>  >organizations like NIC or CDAC. I feel really sad and frustrated that
>  >far from being leaders in bringing Free software to the people, these
>  >organizations have thrived on either using or creating proprietary
>  >software all these years ... and now they are just playing catch up to
>  >the free software activity in India.
>  >
> 
> Please avoid having prejudices against *anyone*. HTH ;)
> 

:) I agree with you heartily there. I am also hoping that these
organisations do something really worthwhile to redeem themselves to the
Free Software community in India. 

> Meanwhile, there is nothing in the way to patch up existing content, to
> make it usable by us.  We volunteer all the time, and helping with
> writing patches for GOI sites, may help. It may take less time than
> writing representations. The only way to move forward and bring in
> changes is by sending representations [and patches, if possible], and
> documenting them well, to measure progress.  If, inspite of

You know, that last part was a *great* idea. Instead of just maintaining
a passive list, we should be taking up each of these entries in the
blacklist and proactively try to correct them. I am planning to compile
a definitive list of all these non-compliant sites, and then make a
representation to NIC with my LUG, and document what all is happening.

- Sandip

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