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Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015 round2/The Centre for Internet and Society/Impact report form
— by Tanveer Hasan — last modified Oct 09, 2016 02:40 PMThis form is for organizations receiving Annual Plan Grants to report on their results to date. For progress reports, the time period for this report will the first 6 months of each grant (e.g. 1 January - 30 June of the current year). For impact reports, the time period for this report will be the full 12 months of this grant, including the period already reported on in the progress report (e.g. 1 January - 31 December of the current year).
Delhi High Court’s Ruling Against Publishers is a Triumph For Knowledge
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Sep 26, 2016 03:07 PMThe court conclusively stated that the reproduction of any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction would not constitute infringement.
Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses
— by Pavan Santhosh S. & Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 20, 2016 12:43 PMA campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license.
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 3.)
— by Ting-Yi Chang — last modified Sep 22, 2016 07:54 AMFive years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries in Wikipedia gender gap narrowing on both local (India) and global scales.
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 2)
— by Ting-Yi Chang — last modified Sep 22, 2016 07:55 AMFive years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.
Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 1)
— by Ting-Yi Chang — last modified Sep 21, 2016 10:13 AMFive years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.
Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:46 AMSoftware 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 whooping 1000 by 2010 across the world. Explaining the aim of the celebration, SFD’s official website says,
ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:33 AMSoftware 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.
ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ୍ ଲେଖିବା
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 17, 2016 04:04 PMI 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.
It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 17, 2016 03:42 PMSoftware 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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