[smc-discuss] ചില്ലക്ഷരങ്ങളുടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയം

[Praveen A]

2011, ജനുവരി 19 8:34 വൈകുന്നേരം നു, കെവി & സിജി <kevinsiji at gmail.com> എഴുതി:
>> Only if we develop something, can we develop that optimised for our uses.
>> For this, wouldn't it be a good idea if FSF comes up with a better standard?
>
> I support this suggestion.
>
> Kevin

How many would join in, if we were to start a new community managed
standard for character encoding where every language community would
have a final say and some US companies? It would be based on unicode
5.0 and any new changes would go through community process. Those who
are OK with unicode 5.1+ can continue with Unicode. It would be a fork
of unicode, plus a community controlled update process where internet
technology ie, anyone with an internet connection can participate, for
those who do not have an internet connection, we can think of
simulatneously hosting sessions in universities or as true
collaboration those wo have an internet connection can share it with
thier neighbours ans friends to help them participate in this process.
No company with deep pockets who can afford to send people to silicon
valley for unicode meetinngs would be considered superior than someone
who lives in a remote village in Kerala who can access a computer in
an akshaya center or a public library. There would not be huge
membership fees, anyone interested in participation would be allowed.
What would be the guidelines? We don't know yet. We will have to build
it. It would not be accepted by anyone easily. We would be running it
on our own systems, we will have to have converters between unicode
and our encoding (say common code or common code technology
collective), well you need that anyway between unicode 5.1 and unicode
5.0. We will fight it out and see who wins. We would not accept any
monopoly on it like what unicode enjoys - we will show the world that
there is an alternative to monopoly and corporate control over our
standards and language.

How many of you would join such a struggle? It would not be easy, it
would be long, but one thing is sure, we would be giving control of
our language back to its right ful owners, the people. We may even
fail completely, but we would be happy that we fought for our
language, we tried, we fought for something we believe to be just, may
be someone in future seeing our courage would take it forward and
bring victory for our language and people.

Still looks like a fairy tail? History is what we make it. We don't
have to accept any injustice or dictatorship (at least for technology,
for everything else it is still a long struggle).

Praveen
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