Which type of software are you using? How many Nepalese are using original software? There is not any initial statistics, but 95% of the user of the computer is using pirated software.
I think the original software is found in Bank, government institution, international cooperation, etc. besides this, its difficulties in finding such software anymore. Microsoft has covered 80% of the worldwide market, but the attraction is reducing day by day. Now, Apple is covering the market.
The IT anniversary of software is celebrated every year. Here the world free means not relates to money that is the freedom for priority software. To use some software we need to pay cash; this type of software doesn’t allow to share with others — for example, Microsoft Windows. We can’t modify these all. Free and open source software is made on the suggestion and advice committee or Non- free software is used only in the lab in colleges which doesn’t accommodate in public. What we think that, when we buy a computer, Microsoft Windows is free, but that is the pirate version of Microsoft Windows.
We can’t compare that original software price with used software price. The Microsoft original iOS cost $150 and for the office package $450. So in this case, pirates software is used. One of the famous operating system Microsoft and Nepal environment science and technology minister made some segment and signed on that. They accommodate for the development of ICT.
This software freedom day is celebrated by a teacher. On that day, free and open source software is used. This also helps and make benefit for the computer user. Software freedom was established on August 28, 2004. There were 70 teams from all over the world and on 10 September 2005; there were 300 team members from 60 countries which were the second software freedom day. On the occasion of Document Freedom Day 2015 Open Knowledge Nepal, Free and Open source Software (FOSS) Nepal Community.
As same, software freedom day was celebrated on this Saturday in the world software freedom day 2015. This means September 19 or Asoj 2, FOOS Nepal has managed software freedom day. Mainly IT colleges celebrated this as a festival as an important celebration. NCIT colleges were also preparing some programs.
As marketing and globalizing market, computer and software are developing day by day. This is a market desire which made by the community of software and equipment. This program software freedom was first established in Nepal by FOSS Nepal for free and open source software; the government is also raising voice to do so. This is also called as software freedom day.
