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FOSSCON India 2019
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Admin
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Sep 25, 2019
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Sep 25, 2019 10:59 PM
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Openness,
FOSS
Bhuvana Meenakshi gave a talk on "The revolution of WebXR" at FOSSCON India 2019 organized by KLS Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum from August 29 - 31, 2019, where she discussed about the tools used for development and demos.
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News & Media
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
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Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Apr 23, 2017
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Openness,
Featured,
FOSS,
Homepage
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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Free and Open Source Software and Standards for Public Health Information Systems in India: “Making them Work” by Bridging the Policy Practice Gap
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Feb 27, 2017
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Openness,
FOSS
Anubha Sinha spoke at the ORF Health Policy Workshop on the panel: The policy landscape in India with respect FOSS software and standards in the public sector more generally. The event was organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi on February 27 and 28, 2017 in New Delhi.
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Open source in everyday life: How we celebrated the Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Oct 27, 2016
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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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How we celebrated Software Freedom Day
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Oct 07, 2016
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Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM
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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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Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 18, 2016
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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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It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 17, 2016
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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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IP Meetup #02: Prabir Purkayastha on the CRI Guidelines and software patenting in India
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by
Anubha Sinha
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Mar 20, 2016
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last modified
Mar 29, 2016 05:06 PM
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Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents,
Intellectual Property Rights,
FOSS
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Events
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National Koha Conclave
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 19, 2016
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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.
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News & Media
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyance
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Anubha Sinha
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Dec 21, 2015
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last modified
Dec 23, 2015 10:06 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
FOSS,
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge
The CRI Guidelines were heavily criticised for their failure to address the ambiguities created by Section 3(k) and for expanding the scope of software patent eligibile subject-matter, inter alia.
Following several representations and submissions by interested stakeholders, the Controller General has moved the Guidelines into abeyance, until discussions with stakeholders are complete and contentious issues are resolved, and is a welcome step.
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