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Blog Entry Free Knowledge and Indian Government Work
by Tito Dutta — published Nov 26, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:02 AM — filed under: , , ,
Indian Government works are not available under free and open licenses. On the other hand a large number countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela etc. have adopted the Creative Commons and other free licenses. The works by the US Federal Government automatically go into public domain. This article promotes the idea that the Government works should be freely licensed, wherever possible and applicable.
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Free Software
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2013 — last modified Jul 31, 2013 08:50 AM — filed under: , , ,
To spread awareness on free software and its philosophy, Free Software Movement of Karnataka (FSMK) in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, organized a 9-days workshop between July 20 and 28 at the Institute campus near Bidadi to focus on free software is real freedom to compute.
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FUEL GILT Conference 2015
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 06, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:03 AM — filed under: , , ,
Subhashish Panigrahi will be speaking at the FUEL GILT Conference 2015 to be held at Tamil Virtual Academy, Anna University Campus, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur in Chennai from November 20 to 22, 2015. Subhashish will also be participating in the Mozilla L10N hackathon.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Gender Equality in the Workplace
by Admin — published Nov 14, 2017 — last modified Nov 26, 2017 03:12 AM — filed under: , , ,
The workshop was conducted by Samvada at the Centre for Internet & Society's office in Bengaluru on November 15, 2017.
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Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
Between 25 January and 31 January 2016, CIS-A2K is organizing an edit-a-thon to celebrate India's republic day. The goal of this edit-a-thon is to create and improve Geographical Indications articles.
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GI-tagged products to get Wiki pages
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 27, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Ever realised that the famous, red hot Naga Mirchi (a special variety of chilli from Nagaland) doesn’t have a Wikipedia page?
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Blog Entry GLAM in India: 10 tips for successful GLAM projects
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published May 27, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
GLAM initiatives work as a gateway to unleash knowledge, decode archived documentation to build modern wonders and also educate people about their past cultural and scientific journey.
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Global Knowledge Can Only Save a Language: Pavanaja
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 04:09 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society, a NGO funded by Wikimedia Foundation has started a mission for the revival of Wikipedia sites of Tulu and Konkani under its "Access to Knowledge" project. As a part of it the NGO had organised a demonstration on the use of wikipedia, here on Saturday.
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Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 27, 2013 — last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:14 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Goa University, on Thursday, re-launched the four volumes of Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani encyclopedia), and announced its ambitious plan to upload the same on Wikipedia – a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software – so as to build the Konkani Wikipedia.
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Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Oct 03, 2013 09:44 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Goa university has entered into a three year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) for building the Konkani Wikipedia, reports navhindtimes.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

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