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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.
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IP Meetup #02: Prabir Purkayastha on the CRI Guidelines and software patenting in India: by Anubha Sinha — published Mar 20, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:06 PM — filed under: Open Source, Access to Knowledge, Software Patents, Intellectual Property Rights, FOSS
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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.
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National Koha Conclave: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 19, 2016 — filed under: Openness, FOSS
Informatics Publishing organized an event at Fortune Park JP Celestial in Bangalore on February 17, 2016. Sunil Abraham delivered the inaugural address on the occasion.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Open source in everyday life: How we celebrated the Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 27, 2016 — filed under: Openness, FOSS, Open Source
The free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiasts just celebrated the Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 all across the world. This year, a small group of six of us gathered to celebrate SFD in the Indian city of Bengaluru. The group consisted of open source contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map, and users of FOSS solutions.
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Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 18, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Openness, FOSS, Access to Knowledge
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,
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Software Freedom Pledge: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Source, Access to Knowledge, FLOSS, Open Content, FOSS, Event, Technological Protection Measures
On September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
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State of Openness in India's E-Governance Applications: by Upasana Hembram — published Mar 26, 2025 — filed under: Openness, FOSS
Open source software (OSS), also commonly known as free and open source software (FOSS) or free libre open source software (FLOSS), is software that is made available with its source code. It is licensed liberally, granting users access to study, use, modify, improve, or redistribute it. This work was sponsored by Mozilla Foundation.
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Swatantra 2014: Fifth International Free Software Conference, Kerala: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 28, 2014 — last modified Dec 28, 2014 02:44 AM — filed under: Openness, FOSS
ICFOSS, Govt. of Kerala organized the fifth international Free Software Conference at Hotel Hycinth by Sparsa, Trivandrum from December 18 - 20, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the organizations supporting the event. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam was a speaker and made a presentation on Open Science.
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