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Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi
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Prasad Krishna
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Oct 03, 2016
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Openness,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge
Localization is one of the less glamorous aspects of computing. Despite the fact that less than 6% of the world speaks English, a majority of projects don't feel inclined to accommodate the rest of the population. One of the primary reasons for sticking to English is the steep learning curve and the lack of standardization in various aspects of the localization process.
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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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published
Mar 20, 2016
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last modified
Mar 29, 2016 05:06 PM
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filed under:
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents,
Intellectual Property Rights,
FOSS
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Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 09, 2016
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last modified
Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
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Open source in everyday life: How we celebrated the Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Oct 27, 2016
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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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Open Source India 2015
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 07:46 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge
The twelfth Open Source India event organized by EFY Group was held at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore on November 19 and 20, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the event for the first day.
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Jan 12, 2016
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last modified
Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Cybersecurity,
Open Data,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Patents,
Openness,
Open Innovation,
Encryption Policy
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
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Rootconf 2019
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by
Admin
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Jun 22, 2019
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last modified
Jul 05, 2019 12:52 AM
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Openness,
Open Source
Karan Saini participated in the annual Rootconf conference held by HasGeek on June 21 and 22, 2019. This conference was held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore, India.
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Software Freedom Pledge
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM
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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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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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Dec 23, 2019
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last modified
Dec 23, 2019 08:18 AM
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filed under:
Wikimedia Education,
CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Wikimedia,
women and internet,
Wikipedia gender gap,
teaching
An orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage students to develop their knowledge on Computer Science. This event was supported by Open Knowledge movements like Wikimedia, Mozilla, etc.which would help students to share their knowledge in the form of volunteerships and contributions. The highlights of gender gap research and women based projects such as Women in Red were covered as part of a focussed group discussion.
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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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Dec 23, 2019
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last modified
Jan 18, 2020 08:11 AM
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Wikimedia Education,
CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia Education Program,
women and internet,
Wikipedia gender gap,
teaching
An orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage students to develop their knowledge on Computer Science. This event was supported by Open Knowledge movements like Wikimedia, Mozilla, etc.which would help students to share their knowledge in the form of volunteerships and contributions. The highlights of gender gap research and women based projects such as Women in Red were covered as part of a focussed group discussion.
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