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Extending The Spectrum Of Openness To Include The Moral Right To Share
- August 19, 2013
from the now-there's-a-thought dept.
Read more →A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet
- August 14, 2013
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.
Read more →A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore
- August 13, 2013
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.
Read more →Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)
- September 05, 2013
Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Read more →Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)
- September 05, 2013
Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Read more →Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani)
- September 05, 2013
Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Read more →Wikimedia Asia Meeting
- August 29, 2013
T.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
Read more →India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth
- August 08, 2013
Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
Read more →e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open Government
- August 08, 2013
The e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in their respective countries, the challenges they face, and open source tools for open government.
Read more →Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness
- August 07, 2013
It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
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