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CPOV : Wikipedia Research Initiative: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 16, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:52 AM — filed under: Conference, Open Standards, Digital Activism, Digital Governance, Digital Access, Public Accountability, Research, Featured
The Second event, towards building the Critical Point of View Reader on Wikipedia, brings a range of scholars, practitioners, theorists and activists to critically reflect on the state of Wikipedia in our contemporary Information Societies. Organised in Amsterdam, Netherlands, by the Institute of Network Cultures, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, the event builds on the debates and discussions initiated at the WikiWars that launched off the knowledge network in Bangalore in January 2010. Follow the Live Tweets at #CPOV
Located in Research / Conferences & Workshops / Conference Blogs
DCOS Agreement on Procurement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 06, 2008 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:58 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Internet Governance Forum, Workshop
On December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS), of which the Centre for Internet and Society is a member, released an agreement entitled the "Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards".
Located in Openness / Blog
Discussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya: by Admin — published Jul 04, 2019 — filed under: Open Standards, Openness, Event
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
Event Report: Community Discussion on Open Standards: by Karan Saini, Prem Sylvester and Anishka Vaishnav — published Aug 01, 2019 — last modified Aug 02, 2019 06:51 AM — filed under: Communities, Open Standards, Event
This community discussion organised by HasGeek was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India on June 20, 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India: by Prasad Krishna — published May 10, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Open Data, Open Government Data, Openness
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
Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy: by Sunil Abraham — published Sep 26, 2015 — filed under: Open Standards, Internet Governance, Surveillance, FOSS, B2B
Most encryption standards are open standards. They are developed by open participation in a publicly scrutable process by industry, academia and governments in standard setting organisations (SSOs) using the principles of “rough consensus” – sometimes established by the number of participants humming in unison – and “running code” – a working implementation of the standard. The open model of standards development is based on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) philosophy that “many eyes make all bugs shallow”.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
How we celebrated Software Freedom Day: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 07, 2016 — last modified Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Openness, FOSS
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.
Located in Openness
It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 17, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Access to Knowledge, FLOSS, Openness, FOSS
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, is just around the corner on September 17. When the day first started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined, but it has since grown to include hundreds registered events around the world, depending on the year.
Located in Openness
Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 02, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Bayh-Dole, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Access, Open Innovation
Being interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Regulations.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
MS Format: by admin — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:07 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Publications
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