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ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
Software 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 social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD.
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ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ୍ ଲେଖିବା
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 17, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
I authored a column on writing our code in our own hands for the editorial of Odia-language daily the "Samaja". The piece is about the philosophy of software freedom and how free and open source software is making a significant difference in our lives. I have also shared a little bit about how anyone can celebrate the Software Freedom Day today by contributing to and sharing about to FOSS.
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It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 17, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Access to Knowledge,
FLOSS,
Openness,
FOSS
Software 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 hundreds registered events around the world, depending on the year.
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Methodology: Statements of Working (Form 27) of Indian Mobile Device Patents
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Rohini Lakshané
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published
Sep 14, 2016
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last modified
Sep 10, 2017 03:19 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Patents,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
In India, if a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a compulsory license, and if the patent is not adequately worked within two years of the grant of such a compulsory license, it may be revoked. In order to provide the public with information about patent working, India requires every patentee to file an annual statement on “Form 27” describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. We conducted the first comprehensive and systematic study of all Forms 27 filed with respect to mobile devices. We tried to empirically establish the extent to which patentees and licensees comply with the statutory requirement to declare information about the working of their patents.
Research assistance was provided by interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta.
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Where is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Headed?
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Anubha Sinha
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published
Sep 12, 2016
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last modified
Sep 17, 2016 02:15 PM
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filed under:
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,
Access to Knowledge
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – the Asian answer to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is still being furiously scripted.
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Quarter Life Crisis: The World Wide Web turns 25 this year
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Nishant Shah
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published
Sep 09, 2016
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last modified
Sep 16, 2016 01:25 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
With the unexplained ban on websites, the state seems to have stopped caring for the digital rights of its citizens.
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CIS - Telangana State Open Data Policy v.1 - Submission
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 01, 2016
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Files
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Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 01, 2016
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last modified
Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in the state and outside. The draft policy not only aims to facilitate and provide a framework for proactive disclosure of data created by the state government agencies, but also identify the need for integrating such a mandate within the information systems operated by these agencies as well. CIS is grateful to be invited to submit its detailed comments on the same. The submission was drafted by Anubha Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
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by
Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and other individuals and organisations to organise a two day workshop on “Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges” at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU on May 26 and 27, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to bring together experts from various fields, who have been rigorously following the developments in the Unique Identification (UID) Project and align their perspectives and develop a shared understanding of the status of the UID Project and its impact. Through this exercise, it was also sought to develop a plan of action to address the welfare exclusion issues that have arisen due to implementation of the UID Project.
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Blog
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3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Oct 07, 2016 12:42 AM
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filed under:
Wikipedia,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Copyright is a really complicated topic, and when it comes to online use of creative works, accidentally crossing the line between fair use and a copyright violation is easy. How do you know what is copyrighted? Recently Frederico Morando (Creative Commons, Italy) and I presented a training session on understanding copyright policies at Wikimania 2016, which was originally proposed by Wikipedian User:Jim Carter. We covered topics such as fundamentals of copyright, exclusive rights, Berne convention, copyleft, Creative Commons licenses, Public Domain, fair use, and copyfraud.
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