Singapore GNU Group
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| Type: | NGO and NPO |
|---|---|
| Founded: | November 2006 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Key people: | Koh Choon Lin |
| Fields: | Free Software Movement |
| Website: | Singapore GNU Group |
The Singapore GNU Group is a socio-political software group in Singapore that plays a pivotal role in helping to raise awareness of freedom associated with free software, based on the free software movement and GNU/Linux. It is designed to be made up of a community of Free Software activists and GNU/Linux users in Singapore.[1]
The group, which is a non governmental organization, also supports the rights to the freedoms of speech, association and opinion as well as the right to privacy on the Internet.
The group is currently headed by its executive president, Koh Choon Lin.[2]
[edit] Affiliations
The group is the first to be listed among Free Software Foundation's GNU groups in East Asia. It is in the process of setting up Free Software Foundation South East Asia.[3]
[edit] Structure
On its website, it states that:
The Singapore GNU Group's organization models itself after the Mozilla Foundation. We are a virtual organization with no office or registered address in Singapore. As far the the group is concerned, our entire existence is electronic. "[4]"
The Singapore GNU Group's sole purpose is to bring to attention the dismal lack of digital freedom in Singapore. The area that the group is covering ranges from software to politics. As a socio-political group, the group's philosophy can be described as lying somewhere between the Free Software Foundation and the Pirate Party in Sweden. "[5]"
In its FAQ, the group maintains that its activities will not only be based in Singapore but it will also involve itself in international issues like fighting against the dangers of Digital Rights Management and the invasion of privacy by business conglomerates and the government.[6]
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