A Pirate Manifesto for India

1. Grant asylum to Edward Snowden.
2. Repeal AFSPA.
3. Repeal 66A of IT act.
4. Make results of all public funded research available as commons.

We will make it official document once we have a good discussion. We can also discuss the methods of achieving this including formation of a political party.

1. Protect software from patents https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html

We will make a law that will make "developing, distributing, or running a program on generally used computing hardware does not constitute patent infringement."

1. A teacher should be given the same salary as a doctor like in Finland (they have the best education system in the world).

https://poddery.com/posts/c1fec67b6370250e

I'm sorry for using malayalam.

നമ്മള്‍ കുറച്ചുകൂടി പ്രാദേശികമായ കാര്യങ്ങളും ഇതില്‍ ഉള്‍കൊള്ളിക്കണം. കേരളത്തില്‍ വൈപ്പിന്‍ ദ്വീപിലെ ഒരു വീട്ടമ്മയോടോ ചെറുവത്തൂരിലെ ഒരു കര്‍ഷകനോടോ ആലപ്പുഴയിലെ ഒരു കൂലിപ്പണിക്കരാനോടോ കൊച്ചിയിലെ ഒരു ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവറോടോ AFSPA 66A of IT act എന്നൊക്കെ പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ഇതാണോ ഞങ്ങക്ക് കുടിവെള്ളം മൊടക്കണത്? അതില്ലെങ്കില്‍ വളത്തിന് സബ്സിഡി കൂട്വോ? പച്ചക്കറീടേ വെല കൊറയ്വോ? പെട്രോളിന്റെ വെല കൊറയ്വോ എന്നൊക്കെയേ അവര് ചോദിക്കൂ.

കുറച്ച് കൂടി ചെറിയ തലത്തില്‍ തുടങ്ങാം

@soorajkenoth ഈ പറഞ്ഞ കാര്യങ്ങളെല്ലാം ഉള്‍പ്പെടുത്തരുതെന്നു് ഞാന്‍ പറഞ്ഞോ? സൂരജിനു് തന്നെ അവയെല്ലാം നിര്‍ദ്ദേശിയ്ക്കാവുന്നതാണല്ലോ.

En: Sooraj is suggesting we include more local issues. I'm telling him to suggest them, nobody is stopping anyone.

Repealing AFSPA is now part of our manifesto https://codema.in/d/8PiJvU5E/add-to-manifesto-repeal-afspa

We should add "Scrap Aadhar in a phased manner". Step 1: Make Aadhar completely voluntary, remove even the categories allowed by Supreme Court. Step 2: Allow people to delete their Aadhar data. Step 3: Stop new enrollments. Step 4: Scrap Aadhar.

@ambadyanands https://codema.in/d/u2ZWgGHm/pirate-manifesto has proposal to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.

Should we add something about political corruption and running for office? I have heard from my family that many political parties and members have ongoing corruption investigations but are still able to hold office without issues.

Further ideas:
1. Grant asylum to honest whistleblowers
2. Actively end child slavery in India (and purchasing international products known to use slavery)
3. Remove briberies from administrative processes (government and schools)
4. Create a business startup culture (provide education and resources to start a business, simplify business startup process, provide beneficial grants/loans) (according to subsidiarity, each state/city should have its own method of executing this)

@praveenarimbrathod okay. link added to http://pirates.org.in/manifesto

@ambadyanands I've completed a small analysis on bribery in India. I believe there are 3 solutions that can be implemented and potentially added to the Manifesto under fighting bribery. The attachment has my analysis and reasons behind their effectiveness:
1. Greater authority for the CVC
2. Greater autonomy for local / state government bodies to execute projects at their level with minimum federal intervention
3. Civics class held once a week so that students understand their rights and responsibilities to society