Dear All, If we are looking forward for an entity which would take up projects from corporate sector, I think the platform of LUG is most inapt. I guess, this is the reason for JJ suggesting formation of some thing of a corporative society.
At the outset, I feel this may not be necessary. We need not transform the LUG into a society, or even plan an offshoot of the LUG for this purpose. At the LUG, what we can look forward is to provide the basics. Like, we need not think of a whole Linux Distribution in malayalam. But we can look forward to have Malayalam to be used in Linux. A proper Editor, a bunch of good fonts. Then may be one of the popular programs, like open office with malayalam menus. So on. Later, when the time is ripe, the projects of small nature as above would develop itself in to those having wider and deeper implications. What the community as a whole does need not be on a commercial basis. Once the project is complete, members themselves can take up the responsibility of marketing the package so formed on commercial basis, may be providing services as one of us was pointing out... Thus, while retaining the non commerical charector of the LUG, the projects at the LUG would operate as an exposure to the members with skills in each area and also at times become a source of personal commerical background. I wonder, if the LUG can decide that when the projects would be undertaken under its banner without a commercial basis or intentions, the members involved in the projects can use the output on commercial basis, provided the open source and free nature of the output of the project is not disturbed. If i remember, there were discussins a few years back on institutionalising the LUG. There was a decision not to. Even if there is a change in idea, Co-operative society is the most hassle some of the lot. Plan for a charitable society or Trust. That should be simpler. HARI --- Jay Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To > > The Linux Community, > > It would a good decision to put Balakrishnan Sir in > charge of the project. We must consider that we have > to be an entity capable of taking projects from the > Corporate sector, there fore something is the lines > of a 'co-operative society' which can actively > identify and take up projects should be created. > > Valuable suggestions from members are needed in this > regard. > > Jay Jacob > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > ===== One who does not give out what he learns, is like a colourful flower, sans fragrance. - Thirukkural Visit my home page.... www.geocities.com/harirajmr __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
