Topic
Open Standards
28 items.
1 Aug 2019
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Event Report: Community Discussion on Open StandardsThis community discussion organised by HasGeek was held at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India on June 20, 2019.
30 Nov 2018
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETFThe institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental …
11 Dec 2016
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Comments on the Draft National Policy on Software ProductsThe Centre for Internet & Society submitted public comments to the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Govt. of India on the National Policy of Software Products …
20 Oct 2016
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(Lack of) Representation of Non-Western World in Process of Creation of Web StandardsWorld Wide Consortium (W3C) as a standard setting organization for the World Wide Web plays a very important role in shaping the web. We focus on the ongoing controversy related to Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) and found that there was a …
7 Oct 2016
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How we celebrated Software Freedom DayA 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 …
18 Sep 2016
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ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବାSoftware 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 …
18 Sep 2016
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Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source SoftwareSoftware 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 …
17 Sep 2016
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It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom DaySoftware 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 …
1 Jun 2016
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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were …
10 May 2016
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Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in IndiaCold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
19 Mar 2016
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Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for IndiaWith a paradigm shift towards the concept of “Smart Cities’ globally, as well as India, such cities have been defined by several international standardization bodies and countries, however, there is no uniform definition adopted globally. …
12 Jan 2016
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of FinanceThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group …
30 Dec 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରOdia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
26 Sep 2015
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Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption PolicyMost encryption standards are open standards. They are developed by open participation in a publicly scrutable process by industry, academia and governments in standard setting organisations (SSOs) using the principles of “rough consensus” …
25 Sep 2015
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Software Freedom PledgeOn September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
30 May 2013
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Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultantsOn May 13, 2013, the Access to Knowledge team led by Subhashish Panigrahi conducted a Wikipedia Introductory Session at the National Informatics Centre in New Delhi for the consultants working for Data and India portal. This session was …
2 Dec 2012
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Second International e-Governance ConferenceThe second international conference on governance and electronics which is held under the motto "Together Toward Digital Inclusion" is organized by the National Committee for Corporate Governance Electronic Iraq and the United Nations …
8 Jun 2011
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Comments on the draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility PolicyA draft of the 'National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy', which some hope will be the open data policy of India, was made available for public comments in early May. This is what the Centre for Internet and Society submitted.
23 Feb 2011
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CIS Comments on the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I)In November 2010, the Central Government released the Draft 0.6 of the Technical Standards for the Interoperability Framework for e-Governance (Phase I), requesting comments by January 27, 2011. Here are the comments that CIS submitted.
16 Mar 2010
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CPOV : Wikipedia Research InitiativeThe Second event, towards building the Critical Point of View Reader on Wikipedia, brings a range of scholars, practitioners, theorists and activists to critically reflect on the state of Wikipedia in our contemporary Information Societies. …
22 Feb 2010
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Arguments Against Software Patents in IndiaCIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly …
28 Dec 2009
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Openness, Videos, ImpressionsThe one day Open Video Summit organised by the Centre for Internet & Society, iCommons, Open Video Alliance, and Magic Lantern, to bring together a range of stakeholders to discuss the possibilities, potentials, mechanics and politics of …
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 …
2 Jun 2009
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Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D RegulationsBeing interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property …
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 …
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 …