Centre for Internet & Society

20 items matching your search terms.
Filter the results.
Item type



















New items since



Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically
Blog Entry Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
by Geetha Hariharan published Nov 18, 2015 last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
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.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Open Source India 2015
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 30, 2015 last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:46 AM — filed under: , ,
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.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Fuel Gilt Conference 2016
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 25, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Indian language localization community meets in New Delhi
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 03, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry Open source in everyday life: How we celebrated the Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Oct 27, 2016 — filed under: , ,
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.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Indian government includes open source in RFPs
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jun 08, 2015 last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:18 PM — filed under: ,
The Government of India has implemented a remarkable new policy-level change for open source software (OSS) deployment.
Located in Openness / Blog
Call for Survey Responses: Security Perceptions of Open Source Software Among Practitioners
by Divyansha Sehgal published Nov 30, 2021 last modified Nov 30, 2021 05:14 AM — filed under: ,
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.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published Jan 12, 2016 last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
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.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry 'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'
by Rohini Lakshané published Aug 23, 2015 last modified Sep 27, 2015 11:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
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.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jul 09, 2016 last modified Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM — filed under: , , , ,
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.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs