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Blog Entry Comments on the Draft National Policy on Software Products
by Anubha Sinha, Rohini Lakshané, and Udbhav Tiwari — published Dec 11, 2016 — last modified Dec 12, 2016 02:45 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society submitted public comments to the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Govt. of India on the National Policy of Software Products on December 9, 2016.
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Blog Entry Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for India
by Vanya Rakesh — published Mar 19, 2016 — last modified Apr 11, 2016 03:04 AM — filed under: , , , ,
With a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. The glue that allows infrastructures to link and operate efficiently is standards as they make technologies interoperable and efficient.
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Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
by Admin — published Jul 04, 2019 — filed under: , ,
Rootconf organised a discussion on open standards at CIS Bangalore office. Zainab Bawa, Karan Saini and Anwesha Das coordinated and organised the event.
Located in Openness / Events
Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India
by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Cold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
Located in Openness / News & Media
File Report on Open Standards for GISW 2008
by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 07, 2008 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:57 AM — filed under: ,
A report on Open Standards prepared by Sunil Abraham, for the Global Information Society Watch 2008. As on their site, GISWatch focuses on monitoring progress made towards implementing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action agenda and other international and national commitments related to information and communications. It also provides analytical overviews of institutions involved in implementation.
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Blog Entry Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 18, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 celebrates the liberty that free and open software and the philosophy of freedom brings into people’s lives. When SFD was started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined. It grew to a whooping 1000 by 2010 across the world. Explaining the aim of the celebration, SFD’s official website says,
Located in Openness
Blog Entry How we celebrated Software Freedom Day
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 07, 2016 — last modified Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM — filed under: , ,
A small group of 6 FOSS contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map and users of FOSS solutions gathered in Bengaluru to celebrate Software Freedom Day. Subhashish Panigrahi who was a part of the event, reports the developments.
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Blog Entry An Interview With Arjen Kamphuis
by Sanchia de Souza — published Apr 28, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: , , ,
In an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in the Netherlands.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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