They also support preventative detention of potential pirates -- a ridiculous idea that has been put in practice in some areas of India already -- and which the US entertainment industry has encouraged.
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My day @ SVIT
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«...The objective of the workshop is to introduce Free Software philosophy to the students and also give a brief knowledge regarding various programming languages, tools with a hands on lab experience...»
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Software Freedom Law Center to Open India Branch
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The Software Freedom Law Center plans to create a new branch in New Dehli India to further expand their coverage of FLOSS and legal defense of free software. Mishi Choudhary will oversee the SFLC's New Dehli office.
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Richard Stallman interviewed on Amrita TV
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Richard M Stallman in Kerala
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"Richard M. Stallman (Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation) is coming down to SJCET Palai for a seminar in connection with Swathanthra 1.0 a one day free Software fest on Thursday, September 9, 2010..."
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Mini Debian Conference, Pune, Day-2
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"After the first day of enthusiastic activities like talks and hands on workshops, the momentum had been set for the second day of the MiniDebConf..."
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In Karjan, students already work on Linux
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Gujarat government is gearing up to use Linux operating system in schools in the state, but a city-based foundation has been teaching use of this system to students in Karjan for the last one year now.
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Indian Activists Fight Back Against MS Patents
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The LUG of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi complains about attempts by Microsoft to poison Indian standards with software patents; LCA receives a wakeup call regarding Novell's malfunctioning Mono
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Microsoft Tries to Pollute Standards with Software Patents Where It is Illegal
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In both Europe and in India, Microsoft is trying to exclude Free software with patent tax inside basic interoperability information
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Diversity in Free Software: South Asians as an example
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As someone born in India, I sometimes look around and wonder, Where are the Indians (and other South Asians) in Free Software?
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Microsoft and Unicode – Unicode is No Longer Open Standard?
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Microsoft accused of harming Unicode, causing problems for the Indian population
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One Computer per child
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If we could digitize paper, music and video and store them in files on a computer and then bring it alive when needed, why not a digitize a whole computer into a file? These days, computers are so fast that it is possible to feed them a description of an ideal child's computer and have it bring it alive on the screen in a flash.
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Open source gains more traction
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IT budget cuts, an improved ecosystem and more maturity have boosted the demand for open source applications in Indian enterprises, writes Brian Pereira.
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Free Software Movement, Karnataka: Editorial on Unique Identification Project
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"...The Free Software Movement of Karnataka addresses issues related to the project from the perspective of the Free Software Movement. Following is an editorial published in a newsletter of the FSMK..."
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ILUGC @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in Chennai, India
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"Here are some photos of Software Freedom Day 09 Celebrations by Indian Linux User Group, Chennai..."
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