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Openness
Open data, open access, open standards and free software. 883 items.
21 Dec 2009
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Open Content and Access in the Knowledge SocietyOpen Content and Access: Democratising and Disruptive Impacts on the Knowledge Society - by Madanmohan Rao, Editor, The KM Chronicles - Bangalore; Dec 16, 09
10 Dec 2009
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Open Video SummitThe Open Video Summit: A one-day workshop to explore issues of intellectual property and telecom policy for video is being organized by The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video Alliance and Magic Lantern on December …
8 Dec 2009
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Present, tense: Future classroomsAn article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.
8 Dec 2009
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Creative Commons Casestudies, Featuring Status.NetThe Centre For Internet and Society and JAAGA organised a CC Salon on 02nd December, 2009 at 7.30pm.
30 Nov 2009
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Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh. The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the …
30 Nov 2009
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Asia Source 3 MeetingThe Asia Source 3 Meeting Reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software Movement - More than 150 Asian Open Source activists met in the Philippines from 07th November to 12th November to discuss the latest IT-tools for NGOs and SMEs and …
18 Nov 2009
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Imagining the Internet – A History and ForecastWorkshop: A Rights-Based Framework - Open Standards - A report on the workshop by Senior segment producer, Janna Anderson - IGF 2009 – Egypt – Sharm El Sheikh (Nov 15th, 2009)
4 Nov 2009
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Open Source Peluang tidak Terbatas Industri TIK (GCOS 2009)JAKARTA--MI: Perangkat lunak Open Source membuka peluang tak terbatas untuk mengembangkan industri di bidang teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam negeri sekaligus sumber daya manusia di sektor TIK. GCOS '09 was organized by AOSI …
4 Nov 2009
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Open DebateDeepa Kurup's article in Frontline on the battle over open standards in e-governance.
4 Nov 2009
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GCOS 2009The Global Conference on Open Source, held on 26th and 27th of October, 2009 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia was organized by AOSI (Asosiasi open Source Indonesia) and was supported by the State Ministry of Research and …
31 Oct 2009
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Is Copyright Law Censoring the Art World?Last week, ART and the Center for Law and Policy Research held a workshop on “Copyright, Censorship and the Creative Commons” for individuals interested in examining the art/law nexus, and exploring its broader implications for individual …
8 Oct 2009
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After 15 Years, Is Free Access to Law Here to Stay?CIS, in collaboration with partners LexUM and SAFLII, is undertaking a Global Free Access to Law Study. Being the first of its kind within the Free Access to Law Movement, this comparative study will examine what free access to law …
24 Sep 2009
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Quantifying India's research output - Public Lecture by Prof. Subbiah ArunachalamInternational Strategic and Security Studies Programme, IISc. Bangalore, is organizing a Public lecture by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam on Friday, Sept 25th, on Quantifying India's research output.
15 Sep 2009
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Wiki AcademyAn article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in …
15 Sep 2009
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Manglore: State-level 'Wiki Academy' Daylong Seminar at St AloysiusDaijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RS/SB)
2 Sep 2009
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Highest wiki takerBangaloreans are beginning to debate if Wikipedia is a reliable source of info, reports Shweta Taneja. TimeOut Bangalore, published an article on the upcoming WikiWars event that the Centre for Internet and Society is organising in January …
21 Aug 2009
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Wikipedia Academy in MangaloreThe one-day workshop will focus on the use of Indian languages in Wikipedia, editing and its application in academics.
16 Jul 2009
15 Jul 2009
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Tactical Media 3.0--FOSS: The Dynamics of FreedomCIS Executive Director Sunil Abraham will speak at 'Tactical Media 3.0--Foss: The Dynamics of Freedom', a workshop on techniques and philosophy of Free and Open Source Software, 27 July to 1 August, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
14 Jul 2009
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Presentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009.
7 Jul 2009
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-GovernanceThe government is in the process of drafting a national policy on open standards for e-governance. The National Informatics Centre recently released draft version 2 of the policy, and CIS sent in its comments on the draft.
3 Jul 2009
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Presentation at IDRC: ‘Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective’Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, CIS Distinguished Fellow, will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons -- A Southern Perspective' at IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, on 13 July 2009.
19 May 2009
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Letter to Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Advocating Adoption of FOSS in State IT AcademiesThe Centre for Internet and Society is a signatory to a letter being sent to the Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, advocating the adoption of FOSS at state IT academies.
28 Apr 2009
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An Interview With Arjen KamphuisIn an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in …
27 Apr 2009
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International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A ReportOpen Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest …
10 Apr 2009
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International School at the Digital Media program of the University of Texas at Austin - Portugal Collaboratory (CoLab)Applications are now open for the first International School on Digital Transformation, to be held July 19-24, 2009, at the University of Porto in Porto, Portugal. The School is accepting applications from advanced students and recent …
10 Apr 2009
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Cluster in collaboration with the Architects Association of Turin (FOAT) participates at the Democracy BiennialSunil Abraham to speak at the conference 'Housing the Democratic City' in Turin, Italy
7 Apr 2009
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Journals, Open Access, Copyright, RepositoriesProf N. Mukunda, Editor of Publications, The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, discusses open access in his keynote address at the 26 March 2009 one-day conference on 'Scholarly Communications in the Age of the Commons'.
30 Mar 2009
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RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityThe Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
26 Mar 2009
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Open access conference seeks to free researchArticle by Amulya Gopalakrishnan in the Indian Express (New Delhi), 26 March 2009