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                                      'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'
                                     
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                                               Rohini Lakshané 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Rohini Lakshané attended “Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Our Digital Culture” in Bangalore on August 13, 2015. Major takeaways from the event are documented in this post.
                                      
                                          
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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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                                      Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners
                                    
 
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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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                                      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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                                      Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
                                     
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Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
                                      
                                          
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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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                                      FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development
                                    
 
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Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015 will be held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 is Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Civil Society is organizing a workshop on FOSS and a Free, Open Internet. The workshop will be held on November 13, 2015 from 2.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash will be speaking at this event.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Fuel Gilt Conference 2016
                                    
 
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                                              Prasad Krishna
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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Fuel Gilt Conference 2016 was organized by the Fuel Project is being held in New Delhi on September 24 and 25, 2016. This is the fourth conference in series. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation at this event.
                                      
                                          
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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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                                      Indian government includes open source in RFPs
                                     
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                                              Subhashish Panigrahi
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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The Government of India has implemented a remarkable new policy-level change for open source software (OSS) deployment.
                                      
                                          
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