[FSF India] Re: Lessons from the Mexican School Experiment

[Vivekananda Prabhu]

--- Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> The FSF India could only add a small fraction to the
> work that is
> already being done.  However, it could still be
> useful for FSF India
> to actively support the development of specific
> device drivers that
> are important for hardware that is common in India.
> 
> A good first step would be to identify the specific
> devices that are
> most important.  Can you do that?

The best source to get this information from are
assembled PC makers & technical support guys. I am
planning to get in touch with 2-3 PC assemblers to get
this information. I also invite other FSFI members &
believers in Free Software to do the same

My friend Ramakrishnan has volunteered to prepare a
list of devices normally available with assembled PC
makers for which Free drivers are available. Once
prepared he is planning to send it to FSFI. I request
FSFI to host this list in their web site & keep it
upto date so that we don't fall into the trap of
devices with non-free drivers

I also request others who have this information to
prepare such lists & send it to FSFI

I had been reading about Windows Drivers & WDM API in
preparation of a project to support Windows Device
Drivers on GNU/Linux. But after going through the
views expressed Pappu, Khuzaima & others on FSFI list
I have dropped the idea. The solution seems to be more
dangerous than the problem I intended to solve

Regards,
Vivek



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