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Openness
Open data, open access, open standards and free software. 883 items.
24 Feb 2009
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Department of Information Technology Meeting on a National Policy on E-AccessibilityOn 30 January 2009, the Department of Information Technology hosted a meeting in New Delhi bringing together important stakeholders to discuss the issue of electronic accessibility for the disabled and persons with special needs in India.
23 Jan 2009
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Updated List of Signatories for Letter Supporting WIPO Treaty for the Reading DisabledThe list of signatories to a letter in support of the WIPO Treat for the Reading Disabled has been updated.
8 Dec 2008
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Workshop on Reforming the International ICT Standardization SystemOn Day 4, the last day, of the Internet Governance Forum, a workshop was conducted by the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards on the reforming the international ICT standardisation system. The panellists were Bob Jolliffe of Freedom to …
8 Dec 2008
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Report on Open Standards for GISW2008In this report, Sunil Abraham lays out the importance and the policy implications of Open Standards.
6 Dec 2008
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DCOS Agreement on ProcurementOn December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS), of which the Centre for Internet and Society is a member, released an agreement entitled the …
21 Nov 2008
News
Berlin 6 Open Access ConferenceThe Berlin 6 Open Access conference was attended by Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society Distinguished Fellow.
21 Oct 2008
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Open Access Day celebrated in IndiaThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance co-organised joint celebrations of Open Access Day in Jamia Millia Islamia campus on the 14th of October 2008. Around 50 people attended the …
14 Oct 2008
Event
Open Access DayOctober 14, 2008 will be the world’s first Open Access Day. The founding partners for this Day are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
5 Oct 2008
News
Software patenting will harm industry, consumerReport by Deepa Kurup in The Hindu dated 5th October 2008 as follow-up to the national meeting on software patents.
4 Oct 2008
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The National Public Meeting on Software PatentsOn Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Centre for Internet and Society, with the support of eighteen other organization, held a meeting on the National Public Meeting on Software Patents in the United Theological College campus. The aim of the …
4 Oct 2008
Event
National Public Meeting on Software PatentsThis meeting will feature the following speakers: Nagarjuna G. (Free Software Foundation of India), Prabir Purkayastha (Delhi Science Forum), Prashant Iyengar (Alternative Law Forum), Venkatesh Hariharan (Red Hat) and Sudhir Krishnaswamy …
23 Sep 2008
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A2K3 Panel XI: Open Access to Science and ResearchProf. Subbiah Arunachalam participated in the third Access to Knowledge hosted by The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School between September 8-10, 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference held at the Geneva International …
22 Sep 2008
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Essay Competition for Software Freedom DayThe Free Software Users Group of Bangalore and the Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration organise an essay competition for schools and colleges in Bangalore on the topic of "Software Freedom"