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Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Kolhapur
— by Subodh Kulkarni — last modified Dec 16, 2016 11:34 PMOn behalf of CIS-A2K team Subodh Kulkarni conducted a Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Shivaji University in Kolhapur on 15 December 2016. The goal of the Wikipedia edit-a-thon was to build resources in the field of Political Science on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the process of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them.
25th Session of the WIPO SCP: Statement on Future work
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Dec 16, 2016 11:01 PMRohini Lakshané, attending the 25th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) held in Geneva from December 12, 2016 to December 15, 2016, made this statement on Agenda Item #12, "Future Work".
25th Session of the WIPO SCP: Statement on Assessment of Inventive Step
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Dec 16, 2016 10:27 PMStatement emailed by Rohini Lakshané on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society to the Secretariat for the WIPO Standing Committee for the Law of Patents, Twenty Fifth Session, with reference to agenda item 7, "Sharing session on examples and cases relating to assessment of inventive step including, but not limited to, the topics suggested in document SCP/24/3, paragraph 8.
A Shortcut to Freedom
— by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:58 AMIn our everyday life we need access to knowledge and information, we need books (and magazines, newspapers), movies (and documentaries, animations), music for education and entertainment purposes. Now, a delighting fact is almost everything we need, from a 1965 book to the latest Bollywood movie’s MP3 song, is available on the web. You knock the door, and it opens. Why should we care for free knowledge then? We have a got “a shortcut to freedom”.
The Digital Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Questions Raised by the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library in India
— by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — last modified Dec 09, 2016 03:50 PMThis is an edited version of part three of a study that considers the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) through aspects of intellectual property in India, namely, mobile patents, free and open source software, and India's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. Through these, it demonstrates the potential of the internet in realising ESCRs.
Freedom in Feb — an awareness increasing campaign
— by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:59 AMYou have heard about the Ice bucket challenge (and the rice bucket challenge). You may have heard about the 100happinessdays challenge (and its Wikipedia version 100wikidayschallenge). You may have heard and participated in the November no shaving challenge. Some of these campaigns are organized to increase awareness about different social issues. Now here the Centre for Internet and Society, India brings to you a campaign called Freedom In Feb.
Sambalpur University Workshop
— by Sailesh Patnaik — last modified Dec 02, 2016 02:31 AMAn Odia Wikipedia Orientation program cum workshop was organized by CIS-A2K team in Sambalpur University on November 27, 2016. Sailesh Patnaik attended the workshop.
Free Knowledge and Indian Government Work
— by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:02 AMIndian Government works are not available under free and open licenses. On the other hand a large number countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela etc. have adopted the Creative Commons and other free licenses. The works by the US Federal Government automatically go into public domain. This article promotes the idea that the Government works should be freely licensed, wherever possible and applicable.
Improving Telugu Village Articles
— by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Nov 26, 2016 02:27 AMTelugu wikipedians on 6 October 2016 held a discussion on improving the quality of Telugu articles. The event was organized by IIIT, Hyderabad, CIS-A2K and OpenGeo.
100wikidays: the journey so far
— by Tito Dutta — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:04 AMIn this article we'll chat with Bulgarian Wikipedian Vassia Atanassova (User:Spiritia) on the journey of 100wikidays so far, initial difficulties, and participation of Indian Wikipedia communities in the challenge.
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