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                                      Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners
                                    
 
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                                              Divyansha Sehgal
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Most software projects today contain open source components. Some industry estimates put the number at 500+ OSS components per app. Centre for Internet and Society is studying the security impact of the widespread use of these (often under-maintained) projects. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
                                     
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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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                                              Bhuvana Meenakshi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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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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                                      Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1
                                    
 
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Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.
                                      
                                          
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                                      DevFest'19
                                    
 
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Bhuvana Meenakshi was a speaker at the event organised by Google Developers Groups at Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Rootconf 2019
                                    
 
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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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                                      Comments on the Draft National Policy on Software Products
                                     
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                                              Anubha Sinha, Rohini Lakshané, and Udbhav Tiwari
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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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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                                      4 tips for DIY makers
                                     
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                                              Subhashish Panigrahi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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I started learning stencil printing and hand lettering this year, and became quite enthralled with it. These age old techniques really add something special to postcards, which I usually send to myself, my wife, and my friends while traveling.
                                      
                                          
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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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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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                                      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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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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