KSD issues — prevailing mistrust among Kannadigas
Kannada language is rich in culture and legacy. Here is the continued part of it.
Going through the documents at E-Kavi's online archive (http://ellakavi.wordpress.com http://ekavi.wordpress.com/ ).
we get to know that many enthusiast Kannadigas began to work on the implementation of Kannada on digital gadgets (computers, handhelds, etc).There were around 30 software research groups (companies) which worked on our Kannada language implementation on computers. Many had developed a rich set of fonts required for high quality printing. Others had brought out some of the very good softwares for DTP work and Development kits for application development for the handheld devices. In all there was a healthy competition among the many Kannada software developers which the government or some other organization could choose from for software services and implementation those willing to localize the computerization.
The entry of Baraha [by Sheshadri Vasu from USA] and Nudi softwares [Nudi by KAGAPA / KGP] have killed the business of all these firms. Now due to the mistrust created by these two entities, the doom of great misbelief looms large over the Kannada software development arena.
Somedays back one Kannada friend in this forum asked for a trial software, but it was not given most probably for the feat that more fonts may be stolen.
These two entities [BARAHA \nand KAGAPA / KGP / NUDI] have created such a mistrust that nobody is coming forward to write any useful software for Kannada, why should they, when all the standards are stupidly made and our mindless government itself has declared that Nudi is the sole package to be used in all Government offices. This is a mindless way of our own government killing the business of Kannada enthusiasts.
Unfortunately not many Kannadigas have tried to set the things right in this front, which has a direct implication on the survival of Kannada. May be all these known to many Kannadigas. There were around 30 software research groups (companies) which worked on our Kannada language implementation on computers. Many had developed a rich set of fonts required for high quality printing. Others had brought out some of the very good softwares for DTP work and Development kits for application development for the handheld devices. In all there was a healthy competition among the many Kannada software developers which the government or some other organization could choose from for software services and implementation those willing to localize the computerization.
The entry of Baraha [by Sheshadri Vasu from USA] and Nudi softwares [Nudi by KAGAPA / KGP] have killed the business of all these firms. Now due to the mistrust created by these two entities, the doom of great misbelief looms large over the Kannada software development arena.
Somedays back one Kannada friend in this forum asked for a trial software, but it was not given most probably for the feat that more fonts may be stolen.
These two entities [BARAHA and KAGAPA / KGP / NUDI] have created such a mistrust that nobody is coming forward to write any useful software for Kannada, why should they, when all the standards are stupidly made and our mindless government itself has declared that Nudi is the sole package to be used in all Government offices. This is a mindless way of our own government killing the business of Kannada enthusiasts.
Unfortunately not many Kannadigas have tried to set the things right in this front, which has a direct implication on the survival of Kannada. May be all these known to many Kannadigas.–>,they should come open to talk to Kannadigas about their take on KSD.
Otherwise it only means that they have done every mindless thing that they are accused of.
Friends, put in your suggestions as to what should be done at least from now on.
Let this discussion be a brainstorming one even if it leads to flame wars.
Why should not we have a flame war if it paves way for a good result?
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Kannada Development Authority - KDA of GoK
THE KANNADA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1994 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Statement of Objects and Reasons:
Sections:
CHAPTER I
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
CHAPTER II
3. Constitution of the Authority.
4. Term of office and conditions of service.
5. Disqualification for office of membership.
6. Removal of member.
7. Secretary.
8. Officers of the Authority and conditions of service.
9. Meetings of the Authority.
10. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
11. Sub-committee.
12. Powers and duties of sub-committee.
13. Obtaining the services of experts.
CHAPTER III
14. Preparation of project and programmes.
15. Functions of the Authority.
16. Officers made responsible to carry out the objectives of the Authority.
17. Obtaining information.
18. Advise by the Authority..
19. Power to record dereliction of duty and to inform the appointing authority.
CHAPTER IV
20. Fund of the Authority.
21. Allocation for project and programme.
22. Grant by State Government.
23. Accounts and audit.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
24. Report.
25. Budget of the Authority.
26. Power to make rules.
27. Power of Authority to make regulations.
* * * *
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
I
Act 28 of 1994.- It is considered necessary to provide statutory status to the Kannada Development Authority for the effective implementation of projects and programmes relating to development of Kannada and monitor and evaluate the implementation of Kannada as Official language.
Hence the Bill.
(Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 3 of 1994)
II
Amending Act 26 of 1997.- Consequent to the bifurcation of the Department of Law and
Parliamentary Affairs into Department of Law and Department of Parliamentary Affairs and
Legislation, it is proposed to have the Secretary of the Department of law as the member of the
authority and the director of translations also as a member of the said authority and further to
empower the authority to take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Kannada in the field
of Education and Cultural activities.
Hence the Bill.
(Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 21 of 1996)
* * * *
KARNATAKA ACT No. 28 OF 1994
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary dated third day of October 1994)
THE KANNADA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1994
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty-ninth day of September, 1994)
(As Amended by Act 26 of 1997)
An Act to provide for establishment of a Kannada Development Authority for
development of Kannada, and to supervise the implementation of projects and
programmes relating to development of Kannada and to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of Kannada official language and its projects and programmes.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Kannada Development
Authority for development of Kannada and to supervise the implementation of projects
and programmes relating to development of Kannada and to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of Kannada official language;
BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Forty-fourth year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kannada
Development Authority Act, 1994.
(2) It shall come into force on such 1 [date]1 as the State Government may, by
notification, appoint.
1. The Act has come into force by notification w.e.f. 1.11.1995. The Text of the notification is at the end
of the Act.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Authority" means, the Kannada Development Authority constituted under section
3;
(b) "Chairman" means, the Chairman of the Authority;
(c) "department" means, all departments of the State Government, including any
body or corporation established by the State Government by or under any law or any
institution or body of organisations receiving financial aid from the State Government;
(d) "Member" means, a member of the Authority;
(e) "Projects and programmes" means, the annual project, programmes prepared by
the Authority for development of Kannada in various departments;
(f) "Secretary" means, Secretary of the Authority;
(g) "Regulation" means, regulations made under this Act.
CHAPTER II
3. Constitution of the Authority.- (1) As soon as may be, after the commencement
of this Act there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, an Authority for
development of Kannada to be called the Kannada Development Authority with its head-
quarters at Bangalore.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual
succession and a common seal to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The Authority shall consist of the following members:-
(a) A person who has worked for development of Kannada
language nominated by the State Government to be the
Chairman of the Authority. -- Chairman.
(b) Seven persons nominated by the State Government
having special knowledge or practical experience in the
field of Literature, Administration, Education and Law. -- Members
(c) The Secretary to Government, Department of
Kannada and Culture -- Member
(d) The Secretary to Government, Department of
-- Member
Law 1[x x x]1
1. Omitted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(e) The Secretary to Government, Commerce &
Industries Department. -- Member
(f) The Director, Department of Kannada and Culture. -- Member
1[(fa) Director of Translation.
-- Member]1
1. Inserted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(g) The President, the Kannada Sahitya Parishad. -- Ex-officio
Member.
(h) The President, the Karnataka Kannada Sahitya _ Ex-officio
Academy. Member.
(i) The Secretary of the Authority -- Member-
Secretary
4. Term of office and conditions of service.- (1) Subject to the pleasure of the
State Government, the Chairman and other members nominated by the State
Government shall hold office for a period of three years. This shall not apply in case of
official member.
(2) The Chairman or a member other than an ex-officio member may resign his office
by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government but shall continue in office
until his resignation is accepted.
(3) A causal vacancy in the office of a Chairman or a member shall be filled by the
State Government by nominating another person as Chairman or member as the case
may be and the person so nominated shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the
term of the office of his predecessor.
(4) The Chairman and other members shall receive such allowances as may be
prescribed.
(5) The allowances payable to the Chairman and other members shall be defrayed
out of the Fund of the Authority.
(6) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by reason only of the
existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority.
5. Disqualification for office of membership.- (1) A person shall be disqualified
for being appointed as and for being a member, if he,-
(a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in
the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude; or
(b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) is an undischarged insolvent ; or
(d) has been removed or dismissed from service of the Central Government or a
State Government or a body or corporation owned or controlled by the Central
Government or a State Government; or
(e) has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in any
work done by the order of the Authority or in any contract or employment with or under
or by or on behalf of the Authority.
(f) is employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the Authority or accepts
employment of legal practitioner against the Authority;
(2) A person shall not be disqualified under clause (e) of sub-section (1) or be
deemed to have any share or interest in any contract or employment within the meaning
of the said clause by reason only of his having a share or interest in any newspaper in
which any advertisements relating to the affairs of the Authority is inserted.
6. Removal of member.- (1) The State Government shall remove the Chairman or
other member if,-
(a) he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 5:
Provided that no Chairman or member shall be removed on the ground that he has
become subject to the disqualification mentioned in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of that
section, unless he has been given an opportunity of making his representation against
the proposal ; or
(b) he refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; or
(c) he without obtaining leave of absence from the Authority absents from three
consecutive meetings of the Authority ; or
(d) in the opinion of the State Government he has so abused his position as to
render his continuance in office detrimental to the public interest:
Provided that no member shall be removed under this clause unless he has been
given an opportunity of making his representation against the proposal.
7. Secretary.- The State Government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of
Deputy Commissioner to be the Secretary of the Authority. The Secretary shall receive
such salary and other allowances as the State Government may determine from time to
time.
(2) The State Government may grant from time to time leave of absence to the
Secretary.
(3) The Secretary shall be the Chief Executive of the Authority and shall,-
(a) be responsible for implementing the projects and programmes approved by
the Authority;
(b) operate the fund of the Authority;
(c) cause to be maintained accounts of the Authority;
(d) discharge such other functions which are conferred on him by or under this
Act or any other law for the time being in force; and
(e) be responsible for presentation of records of the office during inspection of
Chairman.
8. Officers of the Authority and conditions of service.- (1) Subject to such rules
as may be prescribed, the State Government or such other officer as the State
Government may authorise, may appoint or depute such officers and employees as it
may deem necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions.
(2) The recruitment and terms and conditions of service of the officers and servants
specified above shall be such as may be prescribed.
9. Meetings of the Authority.- (1) The meetings of the Authority shall be convened
by the Chairman or by the Secretary with the prior approval of the Chairman and shall be
held at any place within the jurisdiction of the Authority.
(2) The Authority shall meet at least once in every two months.
(3) The Chairman or the Secretary with the prior approval of the Chairman shall
convene a special meeting if the Chairman feels it necessary.
(4) The Authority shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of
business at its meeting as may be provided by regulations.
(5) Every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and if for any reason, the
Chairman is unable to attend any meeting any other member chosen by the members
present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting.
(6) Eight members shall form the quorum.
10. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.- No disqualification of or defect
in the appointment of any person acting as Chairman or member shall be deemed to
vitiate any act or proceeding of the Authority if such act or proceeding is otherwise in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
11. Sub-Committee.-The Authority may for any specific purpose constitute a Sub-
Committee consisting of such members not exceeding five members from amongst its
members, the Chairman of the Authority shall also be the Chairman of the Sub-
Committee.
12. Powers and duties of Sub-Committee.- (1) The Sub-Committee shall exercise
such of the powers and perform such duties of the Authority which are delegated to it by
the Authority.
(2) The Sub-Committee shall meet at least once in a month.
(3) The Sub-Committee shall take decisions on urgent matters to review the prompt
implementation of the decision of the Authority and suggest on urgent matter for action
by the State Government.
(4) The Sub-Committee shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the
transaction of business at its meetings as may be provided by regulations.
13. Obtaining the services of experts.- (1) In order to carry out the purposes of the
Act, the Authority if necessary, may obtain the services or assistance of the experts in
such manner as it may deems fit.
(2) Honorarium and allowances payable to such experts for the services or
assistance so rendered shall be of such an amount as may be prescribed;
CHAPTER III
14. Preparation of project and programmes.- The Authority shall every year
prepare projects and programmes for the development of Kannada and forward it to the
State Government for approval. The State Government may approve the project and
programmes with or without modification.
15. Functions of the Authority.- The Authority shall,-
(a) review the actions taken by the different departments; public undertakings, all
institutions and local bodies and institutions and receiving grants by the State
Government in the implementation of official language policy of the State Government;
(b) suggest measures to the State Government for the effective implementation of
the recommendations of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report as approved by the State
Government;
(c) identify the hurdles in the implementation of Kannada as the administrative
language and to take suitable measures to solve them; 1 [(ca) take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Kannada in the field of
education and cultural activities.]1
1. Inserted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(d) review form time to time the system of Kannada Examinations (Service
Examination), Examinations conducted for testing the knowledge of Kannada along with
the relevant syllabus existing or that may be prepared and if necessary suggest the
Government to revise, modify or renew the same, to conduct study and consultations
regarding the manufacture, purchase and distribution of Kannada typewriters, the use of
Kannada in modern equipments like computers, teleprinters, telex, which are used in the
modernisation of offices and in this connection to take decisions that would promote
extensive use of Kannada and to take necessary actions to get it implemented;
(e) arrange training programmes, workshops, exhibitions and seminars which would
facilitate the use of Kannada for officers and officials and Kannada teaching courses for
non kannadigas and to prepare the necessary syllabus and literature;
(f) publish, purchase and distribute useful publications relating to the development of
Kannada;
(g) ensure all the forms used in the offices are printed in Kannada and to examine
and grant permission for the printing of forms, publications and registers which are
required to be in languages other than Kannada;
(h) examine whether the regional language as being used in the forms, notices and
name plates that are in day to day use in accordance with the language policy of the
Central Government in the offices of the Central Government, banks, post offices and in
other offices and undertakings which have more public contacts in the State and to
conduct correspondence with those offices in this connections;
(i) take decisions on the matters of preparation, revision, printing and distribution of
reference books on administration and to implement the same and to monitor the
progress in this field and suggest necessary measures;
(j) examine the standards of Kannada text books and give instructions to rectify the
mistakes, if any, in these books.
16. Officers made responsible to carryout the objectives of the Authority.- (1)
The Chief Secretary at the State level, the Divisional Commissioner at Divisional level,
the Deputy Commissioner at District level, the Assistant Commissioner at the Sub-
divisional level and the Tahsildar at the Taluk level shall be responsible to carryout the
objectives of the Authority.
(2) The State Government may by notification specify officer responsible for
implementation of the different projects and programmes of the Authority and different
class of officers may be specified for different departments.
17. Obtaining information.- The Authority may for the purpose of this Act seek and
obtain information relating to implementation of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report and the
Kannada Development from any officer of the State Government and such officer shall
be bound to furnish the information sought by the Authority.
18. Advise by the Authority.- The Authority, in order to carryout the purposes of this
Act, shall advise the State Government regarding implementation of its projects and
programmes.
19. Power to record dereliction of duty and to inform the appointing authority.-
The Authority in order to carryout the purposes of the Act, shall record, any violation by
the officers and officials of the State Government and local bodies of any order, issued
by the Government from time to time or of any order, which is already in force as
dereliction of duty and shall advise to the appointing authority for necessary action.
CHAPTER IV
20. Fund of the Authority.- (1) There shall be a fund called the Authority Fund.
(2) The following shall form part of, or be paid into the Authority Fund, namely:-
(i) all grants, subversions, donations and gifts made by the Central
Government, State Government, any local authority, any body whether in-corporated or
not or any persons; and
(ii) all other sums received by or on behalf of the Authority from any source
whatsoever.
(3) Except as otherwise directed by the State Government all money credited to the
Fund shall be invested in any Scheduled bank.
(4) The administrative expenses to the Authority including the salaries, allowances
and pensions payable to the Secretary and other officers and employees of the Authority
shall be defrayed out of the Fund of the Authority.
21. Allocation for project and programme.- The State Government may keeping in
view the project and programmes of the Authority, make financial allocations to the
Authority in the annual Budget of the State.
22. Grant by State Government.- The State Government may every year make a
grant to the Authority of a sum equivalent to the administrative expenses of the
Authority.
23. Accounts and audit.- (1) Accounts of the income and expenditure of the
Authority Fund shall be kept in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.
(2) The Authority shall prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may
be prescribed.
(3) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by such auditor as the
State Government may appoint.
(4) The auditor shall for the purposes of the audit, have access to all the accounts
and other records of the Authority.
(5) The Authority shall pay from its fund such charges for the audit as may be
prescribed.
(6) As soon as may be after the receipt of the report of the auditor, the Authority shall
send a copy of the annual statement of accounts, together with a copy of the report of
the auditor to the State Government and shall cause to be published the annual
statement of accounts in such manner as may be prescribed.
(7) The State Government may after perusal of the report of the auditor give such
directions as it thinks fit to the Authority and the Authority shall comply with such
directions.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
24. Report.- The Authority shall before such dates, in such form and at such interval
as may be prescribed submit the prescribed report to the State Government.
25. Budget of the Authority.- The Authority shall prepare every year before such
date and in such form as may be prescribed a budget estimate of its income and
expenditure for the financial year to commence on the first day of April next following
and shall forward it to the State Government.
26. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, after previous publication
by notification make rules to carryout the purposes of this Act.
(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made
before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty
days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions
and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately
following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or decide that any
rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form
or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under
that rule.
27. Power of Authority to make regulations.- The Authority may subject to the
provisions of this Act and the rules made under section 26 and with the previous
sanction of the State Government, by notification, make regulations to carry-out the
purposes of this Act.
* * * *
(The above translation of the dâ}âQ vâ %«À⽬P ~ÖZºdÖpâ %º¾Ìâ¡ãÀâ¡ã, 1994 (1994pâ dâ}ÖËrdâ %º¾Ìâ¡ãÀâ¡ã Éâªf¨ºX 28)
was published in Part IV-2B of the Official Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 25-2-1995 as
No. 286 under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India.)
Statement of Objects and Reasons:
Sections:
CHAPTER I
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
CHAPTER II
3. Constitution of the Authority.
4. Term of office and conditions of service.
5. Disqualification for office of membership.
6. Removal of member.
7. Secretary.
8. Officers of the Authority and conditions of service.
9. Meetings of the Authority.
10. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
11. Sub-committee.
12. Powers and duties of sub-committee.
13. Obtaining the services of experts.
CHAPTER III
14. Preparation of project and programmes.
15. Functions of the Authority.
16. Officers made responsible to carry out the objectives of the Authority.
17. Obtaining information.
18. Advise by the Authority..
19. Power to record dereliction of duty and to inform the appointing authority.
CHAPTER IV
20. Fund of the Authority.
21. Allocation for project and programme.
22. Grant by State Government.
23. Accounts and audit.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
24. Report.
25. Budget of the Authority.
26. Power to make rules.
27. Power of Authority to make regulations.
* * * *
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
I
Act 28 of 1994.- It is considered necessary to provide statutory status to the Kannada Development Authority for the effective implementation of projects and programmes relating to development of Kannada and monitor and evaluate the implementation of Kannada as Official language.
Hence the Bill.
(Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 3 of 1994)
II
Amending Act 26 of 1997.- Consequent to the bifurcation of the Department of Law and
Parliamentary Affairs into Department of Law and Department of Parliamentary Affairs and
Legislation, it is proposed to have the Secretary of the Department of law as the member of the
authority and the director of translations also as a member of the said authority and further to
empower the authority to take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Kannada in the field
of Education and Cultural activities.
Hence the Bill.
(Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 21 of 1996)
* * * *
KARNATAKA ACT No. 28 OF 1994
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary dated third day of October 1994)
THE KANNADA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1994
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty-ninth day of September, 1994)
(As Amended by Act 26 of 1997)
An Act to provide for establishment of a Kannada Development Authority for
development of Kannada, and to supervise the implementation of projects and
programmes relating to development of Kannada and to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of Kannada official language and its projects and programmes.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Kannada Development
Authority for development of Kannada and to supervise the implementation of projects
and programmes relating to development of Kannada and to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of Kannada official language;
BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Forty-fourth year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kannada
Development Authority Act, 1994.
(2) It shall come into force on such 1 [date]1 as the State Government may, by
notification, appoint.
1. The Act has come into force by notification w.e.f. 1.11.1995. The Text of the notification is at the end
of the Act.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Authority" means, the Kannada Development Authority constituted under section
3;
(b) "Chairman" means, the Chairman of the Authority;
(c) "department" means, all departments of the State Government, including any
body or corporation established by the State Government by or under any law or any
institution or body of organisations receiving financial aid from the State Government;
(d) "Member" means, a member of the Authority;
(e) "Projects and programmes" means, the annual project, programmes prepared by
the Authority for development of Kannada in various departments;
(f) "Secretary" means, Secretary of the Authority;
(g) "Regulation" means, regulations made under this Act.
CHAPTER II
3. Constitution of the Authority.- (1) As soon as may be, after the commencement
of this Act there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, an Authority for
development of Kannada to be called the Kannada Development Authority with its head-
quarters at Bangalore.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual
succession and a common seal to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The Authority shall consist of the following members:-
(a) A person who has worked for development of Kannada
language nominated by the State Government to be the
Chairman of the Authority. -- Chairman.
(b) Seven persons nominated by the State Government
having special knowledge or practical experience in the
field of Literature, Administration, Education and Law. -- Members
(c) The Secretary to Government, Department of
Kannada and Culture -- Member
(d) The Secretary to Government, Department of
-- Member
Law 1[x x x]1
1. Omitted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(e) The Secretary to Government, Commerce &
Industries Department. -- Member
(f) The Director, Department of Kannada and Culture. -- Member
1[(fa) Director of Translation.
-- Member]1
1. Inserted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(g) The President, the Kannada Sahitya Parishad. -- Ex-officio
Member.
(h) The President, the Karnataka Kannada Sahitya _ Ex-officio
Academy. Member.
(i) The Secretary of the Authority -- Member-
Secretary
4. Term of office and conditions of service.- (1) Subject to the pleasure of the
State Government, the Chairman and other members nominated by the State
Government shall hold office for a period of three years. This shall not apply in case of
official member.
(2) The Chairman or a member other than an ex-officio member may resign his office
by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government but shall continue in office
until his resignation is accepted.
(3) A causal vacancy in the office of a Chairman or a member shall be filled by the
State Government by nominating another person as Chairman or member as the case
may be and the person so nominated shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the
term of the office of his predecessor.
(4) The Chairman and other members shall receive such allowances as may be
prescribed.
(5) The allowances payable to the Chairman and other members shall be defrayed
out of the Fund of the Authority.
(6) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by reason only of the
existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority.
5. Disqualification for office of membership.- (1) A person shall be disqualified
for being appointed as and for being a member, if he,-
(a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in
the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude; or
(b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) is an undischarged insolvent ; or
(d) has been removed or dismissed from service of the Central Government or a
State Government or a body or corporation owned or controlled by the Central
Government or a State Government; or
(e) has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in any
work done by the order of the Authority or in any contract or employment with or under
or by or on behalf of the Authority.
(f) is employed as a paid legal practitioner on behalf of the Authority or accepts
employment of legal practitioner against the Authority;
(2) A person shall not be disqualified under clause (e) of sub-section (1) or be
deemed to have any share or interest in any contract or employment within the meaning
of the said clause by reason only of his having a share or interest in any newspaper in
which any advertisements relating to the affairs of the Authority is inserted.
6. Removal of member.- (1) The State Government shall remove the Chairman or
other member if,-
(a) he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 5:
Provided that no Chairman or member shall be removed on the ground that he has
become subject to the disqualification mentioned in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of that
section, unless he has been given an opportunity of making his representation against
the proposal ; or
(b) he refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; or
(c) he without obtaining leave of absence from the Authority absents from three
consecutive meetings of the Authority ; or
(d) in the opinion of the State Government he has so abused his position as to
render his continuance in office detrimental to the public interest:
Provided that no member shall be removed under this clause unless he has been
given an opportunity of making his representation against the proposal.
7. Secretary.- The State Government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of
Deputy Commissioner to be the Secretary of the Authority. The Secretary shall receive
such salary and other allowances as the State Government may determine from time to
time.
(2) The State Government may grant from time to time leave of absence to the
Secretary.
(3) The Secretary shall be the Chief Executive of the Authority and shall,-
(a) be responsible for implementing the projects and programmes approved by
the Authority;
(b) operate the fund of the Authority;
(c) cause to be maintained accounts of the Authority;
(d) discharge such other functions which are conferred on him by or under this
Act or any other law for the time being in force; and
(e) be responsible for presentation of records of the office during inspection of
Chairman.
8. Officers of the Authority and conditions of service.- (1) Subject to such rules
as may be prescribed, the State Government or such other officer as the State
Government may authorise, may appoint or depute such officers and employees as it
may deem necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions.
(2) The recruitment and terms and conditions of service of the officers and servants
specified above shall be such as may be prescribed.
9. Meetings of the Authority.- (1) The meetings of the Authority shall be convened
by the Chairman or by the Secretary with the prior approval of the Chairman and shall be
held at any place within the jurisdiction of the Authority.
(2) The Authority shall meet at least once in every two months.
(3) The Chairman or the Secretary with the prior approval of the Chairman shall
convene a special meeting if the Chairman feels it necessary.
(4) The Authority shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of
business at its meeting as may be provided by regulations.
(5) Every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and if for any reason, the
Chairman is unable to attend any meeting any other member chosen by the members
present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting.
(6) Eight members shall form the quorum.
10. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.- No disqualification of or defect
in the appointment of any person acting as Chairman or member shall be deemed to
vitiate any act or proceeding of the Authority if such act or proceeding is otherwise in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
11. Sub-Committee.-The Authority may for any specific purpose constitute a Sub-
Committee consisting of such members not exceeding five members from amongst its
members, the Chairman of the Authority shall also be the Chairman of the Sub-
Committee.
12. Powers and duties of Sub-Committee.- (1) The Sub-Committee shall exercise
such of the powers and perform such duties of the Authority which are delegated to it by
the Authority.
(2) The Sub-Committee shall meet at least once in a month.
(3) The Sub-Committee shall take decisions on urgent matters to review the prompt
implementation of the decision of the Authority and suggest on urgent matter for action
by the State Government.
(4) The Sub-Committee shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the
transaction of business at its meetings as may be provided by regulations.
13. Obtaining the services of experts.- (1) In order to carry out the purposes of the
Act, the Authority if necessary, may obtain the services or assistance of the experts in
such manner as it may deems fit.
(2) Honorarium and allowances payable to such experts for the services or
assistance so rendered shall be of such an amount as may be prescribed;
CHAPTER III
14. Preparation of project and programmes.- The Authority shall every year
prepare projects and programmes for the development of Kannada and forward it to the
State Government for approval. The State Government may approve the project and
programmes with or without modification.
15. Functions of the Authority.- The Authority shall,-
(a) review the actions taken by the different departments; public undertakings, all
institutions and local bodies and institutions and receiving grants by the State
Government in the implementation of official language policy of the State Government;
(b) suggest measures to the State Government for the effective implementation of
the recommendations of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report as approved by the State
Government;
(c) identify the hurdles in the implementation of Kannada as the administrative
language and to take suitable measures to solve them; 1 [(ca) take action to secure priority for, and promotion of Kannada in the field of
education and cultural activities.]1
1. Inserted by Act 26 of 97 w.e.f. 30.9.1997.
(d) review form time to time the system of Kannada Examinations (Service
Examination), Examinations conducted for testing the knowledge of Kannada along with
the relevant syllabus existing or that may be prepared and if necessary suggest the
Government to revise, modify or renew the same, to conduct study and consultations
regarding the manufacture, purchase and distribution of Kannada typewriters, the use of
Kannada in modern equipments like computers, teleprinters, telex, which are used in the
modernisation of offices and in this connection to take decisions that would promote
extensive use of Kannada and to take necessary actions to get it implemented;
(e) arrange training programmes, workshops, exhibitions and seminars which would
facilitate the use of Kannada for officers and officials and Kannada teaching courses for
non kannadigas and to prepare the necessary syllabus and literature;
(f) publish, purchase and distribute useful publications relating to the development of
Kannada;
(g) ensure all the forms used in the offices are printed in Kannada and to examine
and grant permission for the printing of forms, publications and registers which are
required to be in languages other than Kannada;
(h) examine whether the regional language as being used in the forms, notices and
name plates that are in day to day use in accordance with the language policy of the
Central Government in the offices of the Central Government, banks, post offices and in
other offices and undertakings which have more public contacts in the State and to
conduct correspondence with those offices in this connections;
(i) take decisions on the matters of preparation, revision, printing and distribution of
reference books on administration and to implement the same and to monitor the
progress in this field and suggest necessary measures;
(j) examine the standards of Kannada text books and give instructions to rectify the
mistakes, if any, in these books.
16. Officers made responsible to carryout the objectives of the Authority.- (1)
The Chief Secretary at the State level, the Divisional Commissioner at Divisional level,
the Deputy Commissioner at District level, the Assistant Commissioner at the Sub-
divisional level and the Tahsildar at the Taluk level shall be responsible to carryout the
objectives of the Authority.
(2) The State Government may by notification specify officer responsible for
implementation of the different projects and programmes of the Authority and different
class of officers may be specified for different departments.
17. Obtaining information.- The Authority may for the purpose of this Act seek and
obtain information relating to implementation of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report and the
Kannada Development from any officer of the State Government and such officer shall
be bound to furnish the information sought by the Authority.
18. Advise by the Authority.- The Authority, in order to carryout the purposes of this
Act, shall advise the State Government regarding implementation of its projects and
programmes.
19. Power to record dereliction of duty and to inform the appointing authority.-
The Authority in order to carryout the purposes of the Act, shall record, any violation by
the officers and officials of the State Government and local bodies of any order, issued
by the Government from time to time or of any order, which is already in force as
dereliction of duty and shall advise to the appointing authority for necessary action.
CHAPTER IV
20. Fund of the Authority.- (1) There shall be a fund called the Authority Fund.
(2) The following shall form part of, or be paid into the Authority Fund, namely:-
(i) all grants, subversions, donations and gifts made by the Central
Government, State Government, any local authority, any body whether in-corporated or
not or any persons; and
(ii) all other sums received by or on behalf of the Authority from any source
whatsoever.
(3) Except as otherwise directed by the State Government all money credited to the
Fund shall be invested in any Scheduled bank.
(4) The administrative expenses to the Authority including the salaries, allowances
and pensions payable to the Secretary and other officers and employees of the Authority
shall be defrayed out of the Fund of the Authority.
21. Allocation for project and programme.- The State Government may keeping in
view the project and programmes of the Authority, make financial allocations to the
Authority in the annual Budget of the State.
22. Grant by State Government.- The State Government may every year make a
grant to the Authority of a sum equivalent to the administrative expenses of the
Authority.
23. Accounts and audit.- (1) Accounts of the income and expenditure of the
Authority Fund shall be kept in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.
(2) The Authority shall prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may
be prescribed.
(3) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by such auditor as the
State Government may appoint.
(4) The auditor shall for the purposes of the audit, have access to all the accounts
and other records of the Authority.
(5) The Authority shall pay from its fund such charges for the audit as may be
prescribed.
(6) As soon as may be after the receipt of the report of the auditor, the Authority shall
send a copy of the annual statement of accounts, together with a copy of the report of
the auditor to the State Government and shall cause to be published the annual
statement of accounts in such manner as may be prescribed.
(7) The State Government may after perusal of the report of the auditor give such
directions as it thinks fit to the Authority and the Authority shall comply with such
directions.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
24. Report.- The Authority shall before such dates, in such form and at such interval
as may be prescribed submit the prescribed report to the State Government.
25. Budget of the Authority.- The Authority shall prepare every year before such
date and in such form as may be prescribed a budget estimate of its income and
expenditure for the financial year to commence on the first day of April next following
and shall forward it to the State Government.
26. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, after previous publication
by notification make rules to carryout the purposes of this Act.
(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made
before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty
days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions
and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately
following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or decide that any
rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form
or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under
that rule.
27. Power of Authority to make regulations.- The Authority may subject to the
provisions of this Act and the rules made under section 26 and with the previous
sanction of the State Government, by notification, make regulations to carry-out the
purposes of this Act.
* * * *
(The above translation of the dâ}âQ vâ %«À⽬P ~ÖZºdÖpâ %º¾Ìâ¡ãÀâ¡ã, 1994 (1994pâ dâ}ÖËrdâ %º¾Ìâ¡ãÀâ¡ã Éâªf¨ºX 28)
was published in Part IV-2B of the Official Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 25-2-1995 as
No. 286 under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India.)
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Officials Connected with MESSUP of Kannada Software
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA 1999-2000
Details of members of the committee constituted to standardize the necessary formats and codes to adopt uniformity in Kannada software. 1999-2000
NAME & ADDRESSES OF THE OFFICIALS CONNECTED WITH THE MESSUP OF KANNADA SOFTWARE
1. Mr.A. R. Chandra Hasa Gupta
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Kannada and Culture
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
2. Mr. C. S Kedar
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Kannada and Culture
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
3. Mr. Vivek Kulkarni
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Information Technology
U. N. I. Building, Thimmaiah Road
Bangalore 560 052.
4. Mr. K. M. Ananda
Under Secretary
Government of Karnataka
Department of Information Technology
U. N. I. Building, Thimmaiah Road
Bangalore 560 052.
5. Dr. Ramana Reddy
Diredtor, DIT
Government of Karnataka
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
6. Dr. Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Chairman
Kannada Development Authority
Vidhana Soudha, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
7. Shri Rajeev Chawla
Secretary to the Government
e-Governance Department, DPAR (AR)
Government of Karnataka
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
8. Mr. Srinatha Sastry
Chief Secretary
Kannada Ganaka Parished
Bangalore 560 019.
Details of members of the committee constituted to standardize the necessary formats and codes to adopt uniformity in Kannada software.
1) Shri A. R. Chandrahasa Gupta, Chairman
Secretary to Govt, Kannada and Culture Department
Bangalore
2) Shri N. Basavaradhya, Member
President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat
Bangalore
3) Shri C. V. Srinatha Sastry, Member
General Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat
Bangalore
4) Dr.K. Chidananda Gowda Member
Professor (Computer Division)
Sri Jayachamarajendra Engineering College
Mysore
5) Sri S. A. Krishnaiah Member
Chief Investigator
Regional theatre arts study centre
M.G.M.College, Udupi
6) Dr. U. B. Pavanaja Member
Computer Expert, Bangalore
7) Dr. Panditharadhya Member
Reader - Kannada
Kuvempu Kannada Study Institute
Manasagangothri, Mysore
8) Prof. Basavaraja Patil Member
Professor, Computer Section
Pujya Sri Saranabasappa Appa engineering College
Gulbarga
9) Dr. B. Mallikarjuna Member
Educational Secretary
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Manasagangothri, Mysore
10) Sri K.C. Rama Murthy Member
Director
Directorate of Kannada and Culture
Bangalore
11) Sri C. Somashekar Member
Secretary, Kannada Development Authority
Bangalore
12) Sri E. V. Ramana Reddy Member Secretary
Director, Department of Information Technology
Bangalore
Details of members of the committee constituted to standardize the necessary formats and codes to adopt uniformity in Kannada software. 1999-2000
NAME & ADDRESSES OF THE OFFICIALS CONNECTED WITH THE MESSUP OF KANNADA SOFTWARE
1. Mr.A. R. Chandra Hasa Gupta
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Kannada and Culture
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
2. Mr. C. S Kedar
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Kannada and Culture
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
3. Mr. Vivek Kulkarni
Secretary to the Government
Government of Karnataka
Department of Information Technology
U. N. I. Building, Thimmaiah Road
Bangalore 560 052.
4. Mr. K. M. Ananda
Under Secretary
Government of Karnataka
Department of Information Technology
U. N. I. Building, Thimmaiah Road
Bangalore 560 052.
5. Dr. Ramana Reddy
Diredtor, DIT
Government of Karnataka
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
6. Dr. Baraguru Ramachandrappa
Chairman
Kannada Development Authority
Vidhana Soudha, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
7. Shri Rajeev Chawla
Secretary to the Government
e-Governance Department, DPAR (AR)
Government of Karnataka
M. S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar Veedi
Bangalore 560 001.
8. Mr. Srinatha Sastry
Chief Secretary
Kannada Ganaka Parished
Bangalore 560 019.
Details of members of the committee constituted to standardize the necessary formats and codes to adopt uniformity in Kannada software.
1) Shri A. R. Chandrahasa Gupta, Chairman
Secretary to Govt, Kannada and Culture Department
Bangalore
2) Shri N. Basavaradhya, Member
President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat
Bangalore
3) Shri C. V. Srinatha Sastry, Member
General Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat
Bangalore
4) Dr.K. Chidananda Gowda Member
Professor (Computer Division)
Sri Jayachamarajendra Engineering College
Mysore
5) Sri S. A. Krishnaiah Member
Chief Investigator
Regional theatre arts study centre
M.G.M.College, Udupi
6) Dr. U. B. Pavanaja Member
Computer Expert, Bangalore
7) Dr. Panditharadhya Member
Reader - Kannada
Kuvempu Kannada Study Institute
Manasagangothri, Mysore
8) Prof. Basavaraja Patil Member
Professor, Computer Section
Pujya Sri Saranabasappa Appa engineering College
Gulbarga
9) Dr. B. Mallikarjuna Member
Educational Secretary
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Manasagangothri, Mysore
10) Sri K.C. Rama Murthy Member
Director
Directorate of Kannada and Culture
Bangalore
11) Sri C. Somashekar Member
Secretary, Kannada Development Authority
Bangalore
12) Sri E. V. Ramana Reddy Member Secretary
Director, Department of Information Technology
Bangalore
Friday, January 14, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Dr. U. B. PAVANAJA on Font Issues. Birth of BARAHA, FONTS USED in NUDI, VASU's LIES,
Dr. U. B. PAVANAJA on Font Issues. Birth of BARAHA, FONTS USED in NUDI, VASU's LIES,
Subject: font issues
Date: 7/29/2004 12:18:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: pavanaja@vishvakannada.com
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namaskaara,
I have attached the promised document on the font issues. Hope I can
sleep peacefully now (it is 00:45 hrs in the night) :-)
sigONa,
Pavanaja
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Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
CEO, Vishva Kannada Softech
Think Globally, Act locally
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Font issues -Akruti, Baraha and Nudi
by U B Pavanaja
Birth of Baraha
I had put up Kannada’s first web-site called Vishva Kannada during Dec. 1996 with the support of S K Anand of Cyberscape. Dynamic font technology was not being used by Vishva Kannada at that time. Akruti fonts were given for download at the web-site. Users have to download the font, install it in their PC and then they could read the Vishva Kannada web-site in Kannada. Sometimes in the first half of 1997, I got an email from Sheshadri Vasu who was at USA. In that mail he appreciated Vishva Kannada. He added that it takes a long time to copy characters through CharMap (an utility present in Windows to copy a glyph of a font into any application) and make a Kannada sentence. I explained him how to type in Kannada using the keyboard driver which has to be bought from Cyberscape. I gave the contact details of S K Anand and the approximate price of the software also. Then there was no mail from Vasu for some time. (Recently, during his visit to India in June 2004, Vasu wrote an article for Vijaya Karnataka, wherein he mentioned the discussions he had with me about the relation between font and keyboard driver). One day I got an email from Vasu saying that he has made a software called Baraha that can be used as an editor for Kannada. He wrote that he wanted to give this software free to everyone. The version sent to me was a beta version. He had actually written an editor for the font he downloaded from the web. I asked him about the copyright of the font. He had not thought anything about that. I explained to him the he need to take the permission of S K Anand of Cyberscape to use Akruti fonts in his software. He included the Kan Ballal font which was given to read Udayavani web-site with the first release of Baraha, which was given to some select friends only. Later on he changed the ASCII values of the glyphs of Akruti font and released the Baraha package officially. His idea was that just by changing the ASCII values of the glyphs, his font becomes different from Akruti font. But morally, ethically and legally, this amounts to violation of intellectual property rights. After a long gap of six years, recently (2004), Vasu admitted that he used the glyphs from Akruti fonts, in a mail to S K Anand.
Fonts used in Nudi
Now let me discuss the about the fonts bundled with Nudi. Nudi was initially thought as a testing software. This was made into a package later on. Myself and Harsha (the programmer who did the coding for Nudi) were opposing the release of Nudi without our own professional fonts. Making a font is an elaborate process. Artists have to draw each character (glyph) on paper, they have to be scanned, digitized, hinted, etc. It takes months for each font. C V Srinatha Sasthry (CVSS), Chief Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat (KGP), told me that he got the font made from someone before submitting the final package to GoK. In one of the executive committee meeting S K Anand and myself questioned CVSS about who made the fonts, how much was paid to him, etc. G N Narsimha Murthy (GNNM), Secretary, KGP, gave a reply that someone at Koppa made the fonts. I mentioned that KGP should have the complete record of making of the fonts like original drawings by the artist, first raw digitized data, the final font, etc. GNNM promised to get all these from Koppa and show to us in the next meeting. He never bothered to do that.
I came to know about the entire story about fonts much much later. Initially I used to believe the statements of CVSS about the fonts. But it took almost 2 years for me to accidentally discover the truth. While experimenting with opentype font creation, I was studying the glyphs of all Kannada fonts. When I opened Baraha, Akruti and Nudi fonts in a font editing software, I found that they all have the same glyph sets, even though their ASCII values are different. As Sathyanarayana has detailed in his write-up, the glyphs from Akruti fonts were used in the first version of Baraha, which was then used in the first version of Nudi. As per my knowledge CVSS got this conversion of font encodings done by someone here at Bangalore itself. The fonts were not made from scratch at Koppa. This is clear violation of intellectual property rights. I had a strong and heated argument with CVSS and GNNM about one or two months before the elections to the executive committee of KGP. I blasted CVSS for misleading me and telling lies to me that the fonts were developed at Koppa. CVSS and GNNM have told lies to me and cheated GoK by supplying them with pirated fonts. Definitely my position became very awkward that I being the mentor and the person in charge of Nudi in the initial stages was not informed of these backdoor activities by CVSS. I fired both CVSS and GNNM left and right. At that time GNNM even challenged me to prove these in the court along with S K Anand who had already threatened to sue KGP for violation of intellectual property rights.
Vasu’s justification and the realities
With this background let me discuss a bit of what Vasu has written in a document and widely circulated in mailing lists. This document is also present in his Baraha discussion group (groups.msn.com/baraha). Let me quote from this document-
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USA courts have long back decided that fonts can’t be copyrighted AT ALL! Here, the digital outline can never be protected. According to them there can’t be any original font style, because, every font is created by slightly modifying some other font, and there aren’t really “new” font designs! See the following excerpts from the law…
“The Copyright Office has decided that digitized representations of typeface designs are not registerable under the Copyright Act because they do not constitute original works of authorship. The digitized representations of typefaces are neither original computer programs (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 101), nor original databases, nor any other original work of authorship.”
So, in a font, the name, any programming code not describing the font design are all that can be copyrighted. This leaves the door open in the USA to have anyone pay for the output of each character from a typesetter and re-digitize it or extract the design from a font program (and rename it), easily duplicating the design. Most foundries have very similar fonts derived from work largely designed by others. More information about font/copyright can be found at http://ssifonts.com/Myths.htm
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Vasu is very cleverly and conveniently quoting from a web-site put up in the year 1997 and has not been updated afterwards. There is a reason for this site not being updated afterwards. This refers to the classic legal battle between Adobe and SSI. Southern Software Inc. (SSI) used to copy and rename fonts from Adobe and others. They thought they were safe from prosecution because, though they had directly copied the points that define the shapes from Adobe's fonts, they had moved all the points just slightly so they were not technically identical. Nevertheless, in his 1998 judgment, the judge determined that the computer code had been copied:
The evidence presented shows that there is some creativity in designing the font software programs. While the glyph dictates to a certain extent what points the editor must choose, it does not dictate every point that must be chosen. Adobe has shown that font editors make creative choices as to what points to select based on the image in front of them on the computer screen. The code is determined directly from the selection of the points. Thus, any copying of the points is copying of literal expression, that is, in essence, copying of the computer code itself.
SSI lost the legal battle at the courts. Judgment was in favor of Adobe. Hence SSI did not update their web-site. Vasu is conveniently quoting from this web-site. One can read in detail about this case in the following web-sites:-
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.ph...UNESCO_Font_Lic
http://directory.serifmagazine.com/Ethics_.../judgement.php4
http://www.ipcounselors.com/19980309.htm
When we conducted a opentype font workshop at Bangalore during March 2003, there was a talk on IPR issues related to fonts by Lawrence Liang, who is an expert on cyber laws. He had discussed this Adobe vs SSI case.
Vasu’s interview to Deccan Herald and my comments
Vasu gave an interview to Deccan Herald during his visit to Bangalore in June 2004. Here are some excerpts and my comments on them:-
> "Then, I, along with Ganaka Parishad and the State Government worked to bring Kannada software for official use", he (Vasu) said.
I don't remember any of such efforts by Sheshadri Vasu. In fact Vasu was very reluctant to implement the GoK standard for font and keyboard. There was a heated argument between Dr Panditharadhya and K T Chandrashekharan, father of Vasu, in this connection. All along the time Shasthry, Narasimha Murthy and Panditharadhya were advocating that Baraha killed Kannada while Nudi saved it! Vasu did implement the keyboard and font standards after repeated appeals by Shrinatha Shasthry and Narasimha Murthy.
> Baraha 4.0 was the first software that was implemented in Government offices with font styles.
I don't think this statement of Sheshadri Vasu is true. There were many Kannada software being used in state govt much much before KGP, Nudi or Baraha came into existence.
> But the Ganaka Parishad and the State Government have introduced Nudi software as a benchmark system.
If Vasu were to introduce the GoK standards much earlier than the release of Kalitha (Nudi), Nudi would not have come into existence.
> Unfortunately for me, the government is insisting the use of Nudi software.
Why should be unfortunate to him? He is not selling Baraha.
> While Baraha has fulfilled the terms and conditions put forth by the Government, including stipulations such as keyboard and transliteration, I wonder why they are forcing departments to use only Nudi", he said. One of Baraha's many advantages, according to Vasu, is that it allows a person who knows Kannada to type it in English fonts. He felt preference of software (Baraha or Nudi) should be left to end user.
Why the choice should be only between Nudi and Baraha, both of them are obsolete in the current and future time where Unicode is the world standard? Actually the choice should be between Windows XP/2003, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Java Desktop, Unix, etc. all are having Unicode compliance.
Meeting with Vasu in June 2004
Vasu was felicitated by Upasana in Bangalore during his visit in June 2004. I met him during that function. I discussed many things in general like Unicode features, facility needed in Baraha to convert RTF and HTML documents into Unicode, etc. Casually I asked him where from he is getting the fonts for his Baraha package. As per his answer, there is an artist in Bangalore who draws the shapes on paper and sends them to him. He (Vasu) scans, digitizes and makes them into fonts. I did not discuss anything about the Akruti font issue.
Conclusion and request
Baraha has copied and used one font from Akruti software. This font is one of the many fonts bundled with current version of Nudi.
I have written everything that I know about the font issues pertaining to Akruti, Baraha and Nudi. My intention is to bring out the truth, however bitter it is. I have no personal animosity with anyone whose name appears in this write-up. Please read this objectively and subjectively. That is, do a vasthunistha (objective) reading rather than a vyakthinishta (subjective) reading.
Thanks for your patience and time.
Subject: font issues
Date: 7/29/2004 12:18:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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namaskaara,
I have attached the promised document on the font issues. Hope I can
sleep peacefully now (it is 00:45 hrs in the night) :-)
sigONa,
Pavanaja
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Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
CEO, Vishva Kannada Softech
Think Globally, Act locally
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Font issues -Akruti, Baraha and Nudi
by U B Pavanaja
Birth of Baraha
I had put up Kannada’s first web-site called Vishva Kannada during Dec. 1996 with the support of S K Anand of Cyberscape. Dynamic font technology was not being used by Vishva Kannada at that time. Akruti fonts were given for download at the web-site. Users have to download the font, install it in their PC and then they could read the Vishva Kannada web-site in Kannada. Sometimes in the first half of 1997, I got an email from Sheshadri Vasu who was at USA. In that mail he appreciated Vishva Kannada. He added that it takes a long time to copy characters through CharMap (an utility present in Windows to copy a glyph of a font into any application) and make a Kannada sentence. I explained him how to type in Kannada using the keyboard driver which has to be bought from Cyberscape. I gave the contact details of S K Anand and the approximate price of the software also. Then there was no mail from Vasu for some time. (Recently, during his visit to India in June 2004, Vasu wrote an article for Vijaya Karnataka, wherein he mentioned the discussions he had with me about the relation between font and keyboard driver). One day I got an email from Vasu saying that he has made a software called Baraha that can be used as an editor for Kannada. He wrote that he wanted to give this software free to everyone. The version sent to me was a beta version. He had actually written an editor for the font he downloaded from the web. I asked him about the copyright of the font. He had not thought anything about that. I explained to him the he need to take the permission of S K Anand of Cyberscape to use Akruti fonts in his software. He included the Kan Ballal font which was given to read Udayavani web-site with the first release of Baraha, which was given to some select friends only. Later on he changed the ASCII values of the glyphs of Akruti font and released the Baraha package officially. His idea was that just by changing the ASCII values of the glyphs, his font becomes different from Akruti font. But morally, ethically and legally, this amounts to violation of intellectual property rights. After a long gap of six years, recently (2004), Vasu admitted that he used the glyphs from Akruti fonts, in a mail to S K Anand.
Fonts used in Nudi
Now let me discuss the about the fonts bundled with Nudi. Nudi was initially thought as a testing software. This was made into a package later on. Myself and Harsha (the programmer who did the coding for Nudi) were opposing the release of Nudi without our own professional fonts. Making a font is an elaborate process. Artists have to draw each character (glyph) on paper, they have to be scanned, digitized, hinted, etc. It takes months for each font. C V Srinatha Sasthry (CVSS), Chief Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat (KGP), told me that he got the font made from someone before submitting the final package to GoK. In one of the executive committee meeting S K Anand and myself questioned CVSS about who made the fonts, how much was paid to him, etc. G N Narsimha Murthy (GNNM), Secretary, KGP, gave a reply that someone at Koppa made the fonts. I mentioned that KGP should have the complete record of making of the fonts like original drawings by the artist, first raw digitized data, the final font, etc. GNNM promised to get all these from Koppa and show to us in the next meeting. He never bothered to do that.
I came to know about the entire story about fonts much much later. Initially I used to believe the statements of CVSS about the fonts. But it took almost 2 years for me to accidentally discover the truth. While experimenting with opentype font creation, I was studying the glyphs of all Kannada fonts. When I opened Baraha, Akruti and Nudi fonts in a font editing software, I found that they all have the same glyph sets, even though their ASCII values are different. As Sathyanarayana has detailed in his write-up, the glyphs from Akruti fonts were used in the first version of Baraha, which was then used in the first version of Nudi. As per my knowledge CVSS got this conversion of font encodings done by someone here at Bangalore itself. The fonts were not made from scratch at Koppa. This is clear violation of intellectual property rights. I had a strong and heated argument with CVSS and GNNM about one or two months before the elections to the executive committee of KGP. I blasted CVSS for misleading me and telling lies to me that the fonts were developed at Koppa. CVSS and GNNM have told lies to me and cheated GoK by supplying them with pirated fonts. Definitely my position became very awkward that I being the mentor and the person in charge of Nudi in the initial stages was not informed of these backdoor activities by CVSS. I fired both CVSS and GNNM left and right. At that time GNNM even challenged me to prove these in the court along with S K Anand who had already threatened to sue KGP for violation of intellectual property rights.
Vasu’s justification and the realities
With this background let me discuss a bit of what Vasu has written in a document and widely circulated in mailing lists. This document is also present in his Baraha discussion group (groups.msn.com/baraha). Let me quote from this document-
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USA courts have long back decided that fonts can’t be copyrighted AT ALL! Here, the digital outline can never be protected. According to them there can’t be any original font style, because, every font is created by slightly modifying some other font, and there aren’t really “new” font designs! See the following excerpts from the law…
“The Copyright Office has decided that digitized representations of typeface designs are not registerable under the Copyright Act because they do not constitute original works of authorship. The digitized representations of typefaces are neither original computer programs (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 101), nor original databases, nor any other original work of authorship.”
So, in a font, the name, any programming code not describing the font design are all that can be copyrighted. This leaves the door open in the USA to have anyone pay for the output of each character from a typesetter and re-digitize it or extract the design from a font program (and rename it), easily duplicating the design. Most foundries have very similar fonts derived from work largely designed by others. More information about font/copyright can be found at http://ssifonts.com/Myths.htm
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Vasu is very cleverly and conveniently quoting from a web-site put up in the year 1997 and has not been updated afterwards. There is a reason for this site not being updated afterwards. This refers to the classic legal battle between Adobe and SSI. Southern Software Inc. (SSI) used to copy and rename fonts from Adobe and others. They thought they were safe from prosecution because, though they had directly copied the points that define the shapes from Adobe's fonts, they had moved all the points just slightly so they were not technically identical. Nevertheless, in his 1998 judgment, the judge determined that the computer code had been copied:
The evidence presented shows that there is some creativity in designing the font software programs. While the glyph dictates to a certain extent what points the editor must choose, it does not dictate every point that must be chosen. Adobe has shown that font editors make creative choices as to what points to select based on the image in front of them on the computer screen. The code is determined directly from the selection of the points. Thus, any copying of the points is copying of literal expression, that is, in essence, copying of the computer code itself.
SSI lost the legal battle at the courts. Judgment was in favor of Adobe. Hence SSI did not update their web-site. Vasu is conveniently quoting from this web-site. One can read in detail about this case in the following web-sites:-
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.ph...UNESCO_Font_Lic
http://directory.serifmagazine.com/Ethics_.../judgement.php4
http://www.ipcounselors.com/19980309.htm
When we conducted a opentype font workshop at Bangalore during March 2003, there was a talk on IPR issues related to fonts by Lawrence Liang, who is an expert on cyber laws. He had discussed this Adobe vs SSI case.
Vasu’s interview to Deccan Herald and my comments
Vasu gave an interview to Deccan Herald during his visit to Bangalore in June 2004. Here are some excerpts and my comments on them:-
> "Then, I, along with Ganaka Parishad and the State Government worked to bring Kannada software for official use", he (Vasu) said.
I don't remember any of such efforts by Sheshadri Vasu. In fact Vasu was very reluctant to implement the GoK standard for font and keyboard. There was a heated argument between Dr Panditharadhya and K T Chandrashekharan, father of Vasu, in this connection. All along the time Shasthry, Narasimha Murthy and Panditharadhya were advocating that Baraha killed Kannada while Nudi saved it! Vasu did implement the keyboard and font standards after repeated appeals by Shrinatha Shasthry and Narasimha Murthy.
> Baraha 4.0 was the first software that was implemented in Government offices with font styles.
I don't think this statement of Sheshadri Vasu is true. There were many Kannada software being used in state govt much much before KGP, Nudi or Baraha came into existence.
> But the Ganaka Parishad and the State Government have introduced Nudi software as a benchmark system.
If Vasu were to introduce the GoK standards much earlier than the release of Kalitha (Nudi), Nudi would not have come into existence.
> Unfortunately for me, the government is insisting the use of Nudi software.
Why should be unfortunate to him? He is not selling Baraha.
> While Baraha has fulfilled the terms and conditions put forth by the Government, including stipulations such as keyboard and transliteration, I wonder why they are forcing departments to use only Nudi", he said. One of Baraha's many advantages, according to Vasu, is that it allows a person who knows Kannada to type it in English fonts. He felt preference of software (Baraha or Nudi) should be left to end user.
Why the choice should be only between Nudi and Baraha, both of them are obsolete in the current and future time where Unicode is the world standard? Actually the choice should be between Windows XP/2003, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Java Desktop, Unix, etc. all are having Unicode compliance.
Meeting with Vasu in June 2004
Vasu was felicitated by Upasana in Bangalore during his visit in June 2004. I met him during that function. I discussed many things in general like Unicode features, facility needed in Baraha to convert RTF and HTML documents into Unicode, etc. Casually I asked him where from he is getting the fonts for his Baraha package. As per his answer, there is an artist in Bangalore who draws the shapes on paper and sends them to him. He (Vasu) scans, digitizes and makes them into fonts. I did not discuss anything about the Akruti font issue.
Conclusion and request
Baraha has copied and used one font from Akruti software. This font is one of the many fonts bundled with current version of Nudi.
I have written everything that I know about the font issues pertaining to Akruti, Baraha and Nudi. My intention is to bring out the truth, however bitter it is. I have no personal animosity with anyone whose name appears in this write-up. Please read this objectively and subjectively. That is, do a vasthunistha (objective) reading rather than a vyakthinishta (subjective) reading.
Thanks for your patience and time.
ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ: ಮಾತು ಮೂರು ಅರ್ಥ ನೂರಾರು
ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ: ಮಾತು ಮೂರು ಅರ್ಥ ನೂರಾರು
ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವೇರ್ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಅವನತಿಯ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಈ ಅವನತಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವೇರ್ ನೆಲಕಚ್ಚು ವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದಕ್ಕೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಗಣಕ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಎಂಬ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ಐ ಟಿ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಶಾಯಿಯೇ ಕಾರಣ.: ಕೆ.ಪಿ.ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ. ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ: ೦೬-೦೮-೨೦೦೪
ಜಾಗತೀಕರಣದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತಿಮಿತಿಗಳೇ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದ ಅದುನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರ ಜ್ನಾನದ ಅಪಾರ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳು ತನಗೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸಿದ ಭಾಷೆ ಅಥವಾ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕತೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ. ಇಂಥ ಚಾರಿತ್ರಿಕ ತಿರುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈಗ ನಾವು ಉಪೇಕ್ಷೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಆದಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಬೇಕಾದ ದಂಡ ತೀರಾ ದುಬಾರಿಯಾಗಬಹುದು. :ಕೆ.ಪಿ.ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ. ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ೦೭-೦೮-೨೦೦೪
ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಬಗೆಗಿನ ಸರಕಾರದ ನಿರಾಸಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಹೀಗೆ. "ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಟಿಗಟ್ಲೆ ವ್ಯಯಿಸುವ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೇಕೆ ಹಣ ನೀಡಬಾರದು?"
ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಕ್ಕೇಕೆ ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ: "ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹಜವಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ"
ಎಸ್.ಎಂ.ಕೃಷ್ಣನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಮೈಕ್ರೋಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಾಗ: "ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮೈಕ್ರೋಸಾಫ್ಟ್ನಂತಹ ಬಹುರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಅಡ ಇಡುವುದು ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲ. ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಹಾಗೆ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಇರಬೇಕೇ ಹೊರತು, ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಹಾಗೆ ಭಾಷೆ ಬದಲಾಗಬೇಕು ಎಂದರೆ ಯಾವ ನ್ಯಾಯ?"
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಿಂದ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರಿಗೆ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರ ನೀಡಲು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದವರು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿದಾಗ "ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಮಾಡಿ ಅದು ನನಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ ನಾಡೋಜವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ" ಎಂದಿದ್ದರು.
ಗುರುಲಿಂಗ ಕಾಪಸೆಯವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಮರಾಠಿ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ವಿ.ಸಾ. ಖಾಂಡೇಕರರು 'ನಿಮ್ಮ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಬೇರೆ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಲೇಖಕರಿಗಿಂತ ನೂರು ವರ್ಷ ಮುಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ' ಎಂದಿದ್ದರಂತೆ. 'ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ ಕೊಂಡ ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತಿ' ಎಂದು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಗುರುತಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲೇ, ಸುಮಾರು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ಖಾಂಡೇಕರರು ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಅನನ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿದ್ದರು!
೨೦೦೪ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಉಪಕುಲಪತಿ ಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಡಾ. ಶಶಿದರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ರವರು , ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಯವರಿಗೆ , ಕುವೆಂಪು ಜನ್ಮ ಶತಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಅಂಗವಾಗಿ, ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಯನ್ನು , ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲ ದಲ್ಲಿ , ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ, ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಯವರು, ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಏನು ಅಂದರೆ , ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಬದಲು, "ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಬಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ" ಮಾಡಿ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದರು. ಇದರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನಿಲಯದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಉಪಕುಲಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ. ಶಶಿದರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಅವರು ದಿನಾಂಕ ೨೩-೧೨-೨೦೦೪ ರಂದು " ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಮತ್ತು ತಂತ್ರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಕೇಂದ್ರ " ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ ಅಂತ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು.
ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವೇರ್ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಅವನತಿಯ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಈ ಅವನತಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ವೇರ್ ನೆಲಕಚ್ಚು ವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದಕ್ಕೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಗಣಕ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಎಂಬ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ಐ ಟಿ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಶಾಯಿಯೇ ಕಾರಣ.: ಕೆ.ಪಿ.ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ. ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ: ೦೬-೦೮-೨೦೦೪
ಜಾಗತೀಕರಣದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತಿಮಿತಿಗಳೇ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದ ಅದುನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರ ಜ್ನಾನದ ಅಪಾರ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳು ತನಗೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸಿದ ಭಾಷೆ ಅಥವಾ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕತೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ. ಇಂಥ ಚಾರಿತ್ರಿಕ ತಿರುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈಗ ನಾವು ಉಪೇಕ್ಷೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಆದಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಬೇಕಾದ ದಂಡ ತೀರಾ ದುಬಾರಿಯಾಗಬಹುದು. :ಕೆ.ಪಿ.ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ. ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ೦೭-೦೮-೨೦೦೪
ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಬಗೆಗಿನ ಸರಕಾರದ ನಿರಾಸಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಹೀಗೆ. "ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಟಿಗಟ್ಲೆ ವ್ಯಯಿಸುವ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೇಕೆ ಹಣ ನೀಡಬಾರದು?"
ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಕ್ಕೇಕೆ ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ: "ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹಜವಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ"
ಎಸ್.ಎಂ.ಕೃಷ್ಣನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಮೈಕ್ರೋಸಾಫ್ಟ್ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಾಗ: "ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮೈಕ್ರೋಸಾಫ್ಟ್ನಂತಹ ಬಹುರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡವನ್ನು ಅಡ ಇಡುವುದು ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲ. ಭಾಷೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಹಾಗೆ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಇರಬೇಕೇ ಹೊರತು, ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಹಾಗೆ ಭಾಷೆ ಬದಲಾಗಬೇಕು ಎಂದರೆ ಯಾವ ನ್ಯಾಯ?"
ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಿಂದ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರಿಗೆ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರ ನೀಡಲು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದವರು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿದಾಗ "ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಮಾಡಿ ಅದು ನನಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ ನಾಡೋಜವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ" ಎಂದಿದ್ದರು.
ಗುರುಲಿಂಗ ಕಾಪಸೆಯವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಮರಾಠಿ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ವಿ.ಸಾ. ಖಾಂಡೇಕರರು 'ನಿಮ್ಮ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಬೇರೆ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಲೇಖಕರಿಗಿಂತ ನೂರು ವರ್ಷ ಮುಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ' ಎಂದಿದ್ದರಂತೆ. 'ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ ಕೊಂಡ ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತಿ' ಎಂದು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಗುರುತಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲೇ, ಸುಮಾರು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ಖಾಂಡೇಕರರು ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಅನನ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿದ್ದರು!
೨೦೦೪ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಉಪಕುಲಪತಿ ಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ಡಾ. ಶಶಿದರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ರವರು , ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಯವರಿಗೆ , ಕುವೆಂಪು ಜನ್ಮ ಶತಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಅಂಗವಾಗಿ, ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಯನ್ನು , ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲ ದಲ್ಲಿ , ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ, ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಯವರು, ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಏನು ಅಂದರೆ , ಅವರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಬದಲು, "ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರ ಹೆಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಅಬಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ" ಮಾಡಿ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದರು. ಇದರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನಿಲಯದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಉಪಕುಲಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ. ಶಶಿದರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಅವರು ದಿನಾಂಕ ೨೩-೧೨-೨೦೦೪ ರಂದು " ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಮತ್ತು ತಂತ್ರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಕೇಂದ್ರ " ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ ಅಂತ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು.
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