FOSS news – January 2015
Cyanogen aims to make Android a fully open platform http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/01/26/cyanogen-aims-to-make-android-a-fully-open.html Cyanogen Chief Executive Kirt McMaster…
Internet and Mobile Association of India & Anr. v. U.O.I. & Anr. [W.P. (C) No. 758/2014]
The petition has been filed by a non-profit making industry body challenging the constitutionality of…
Manoj Oswal v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl.) No. 225/2013]
The petitioner is a social activist and Unit Head of animal rights’ organization, ‘People for…
Supreme Court hearing on IT Act petitions
This post attempts to summarise the proceedings before the Apex Court where all the petitions…
India’s surveillance state: Procedural legal framework
Following the previous post, which examined the relevant statutory provisions that establish the substantive framework…
First Asian Legal Network Round Table on Free and Open Source Software
SFLC.IN in collaboration with Open Invention Network (OIN) is organising the First Asian Legal Network…
India’s surveillance state: Substantive legal framework
In this post, we will take a quick look at the relevant statutory provisions that…
FOSS News – November 2014
Microsoft Open Sources .NET http://news.microsoft.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-takes-net-open-source-and-cross-platform-adds-new-development-capabilities-with-visual-studio-2015-net-2015-and-visual-studio-online/ http://www.wired.com/2014/11/microsoft-open-sources-net-says-will-run-linux-mac/ https://github.com/dotnet On Wednesday November 12th, Microsoft announced that it…
India’s surveillance state: an overview
Just over a year ago, the world was treated to a rude awakening by a…
CCA RTI reply hides more than what it reveals
One of the several provisions that gives the government lawful access to data is Section…
FOSS News – October 2014
Bitcoin-based “World Citizenship Passport” project: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2014/10/31/open-source-project-could-replace-traditional-passports-with-bitcoin-tech/ To those who are only marginally familiar with bitcoin,…
The Curious Case Of The Monkey-Photographer
It all started with a rather spectacular selfie taken by an Indonesian macaque in 2011….
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