Open Standards
Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AMThe 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 authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 10, 2016 03:20 PMCold 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".
IP Meetup #02: Prabir Purkayastha on the CRI Guidelines and software patenting in India
Mar 20, 2016 from 03:30 PM to 06:00 PM — The Centre for Internet and Society, B 1/8, Near Crunch Gym, Hauz Khas, Delhi, 110016 , — by Anubha SinhaAdoption of Standards in Smart Cities - Way Forward for India
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Apr 11, 2016 03:04 AMWith 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. The glue that allows infrastructures to link and operate efficiently is standards as they make technologies interoperable and efficient.
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PMThe 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 organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:30 AMOdia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
Open Source India 2015
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:46 AMThe twelfth Open Source India event organized by EFY Group was held at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore on November 19 and 20, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the event for the first day.
Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
— by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AMFollowing the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
FOSS & a Free, Open Internet: Synergies for Development
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:57 PMInternet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015 will be held at Jao Pessoa in Brazil from November 10 to 13, 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 is Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development. Civil Society is organizing a workshop on FOSS and a Free, Open Internet. The workshop will be held on November 13, 2015 from 2.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash will be speaking at this event.
Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Sep 26, 2015 04:46 PMMost 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” – sometimes established by the number of participants humming in unison – and “running code” – a working implementation of the standard. The open model of standards development is based on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) philosophy that “many eyes make all bugs shallow”.
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