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How we celebrated Software Freedom Day
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Oct 07, 2016
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Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM
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Open Standards,
Openness,
FOSS
A small group of 6 FOSS contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map and users of FOSS solutions gathered in Bengaluru to celebrate Software Freedom Day. Subhashish Panigrahi who was a part of the event, reports the developments.
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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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Fuel Gilt Conference 2016
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Prasad Krishna
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Sep 25, 2016
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Video,
Openness,
Open Source
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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Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 18, 2016
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Open Standards,
Openness,
FOSS,
Access to Knowledge
Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 celebrates the liberty that free and open software and the philosophy of freedom brings into people’s lives. When SFD was started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined. It grew to a whooping 1000 by 2010 across the world. Explaining the aim of the celebration, SFD’s official website says,
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ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 18, 2016
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Open Standards,
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD.
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It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 17, 2016
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Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
FLOSS,
Openness,
FOSS
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, is just around the corner on September 17. When the day first started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined, but it has since grown to include hundreds registered events around the world, depending on the year.
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Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016
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Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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Sep 01, 2016
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Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM
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Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in the state and outside. The draft policy not only aims to facilitate and provide a framework for proactive disclosure of data created by the state government agencies, but also identify the need for integrating such a mandate within the information systems operated by these agencies as well. CIS is grateful to be invited to submit its detailed comments on the same. The submission was drafted by Anubha Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Open Data Charter Lead Stewards In-Person Meeting
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 02, 2016
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Aug 04, 2016 02:21 AM
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Open Data,
Openness
Sunil Abraham participated remotely in this meeting which was held in Mexico on July 4 and 5, 2016. The event was organized by Open Data Charter.
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Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'
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Anubha Sinha
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Jul 26, 2016
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Jul 26, 2016 09:23 AM
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Open Government Data,
Open License,
Open Data,
NDSAP,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' Announced
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Anubha Sinha
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Jun 30, 2016
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Jun 30, 2016 09:41 AM
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Open Government Data,
Open License,
Open Data,
NDSAP,
Featured,
Openness
The first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs earlier this week. Comments are invited from general public and stakeholders. These are to be submitted via the MyGov portal by July 25, 2016. CIS was a member of the committee constituted to develop the license concerned, and we contributed substantially to the drafting process.
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