Subramaniam Swamy v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl) 184 of 2014]
Subramaniam Swamy, petitioner, is a politician from the State of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has challenged provisions of the Indian Penal Code that criminalize defamation…
Foss News- June 2015
How open software has become a source of grief for tech majors like Cisco, IBM & Oracle Read more : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47521852.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstIndustry bodies US-India Business Council…
An overview of Standard Essential Patent litigations in India [Updated]
Standards are technical requirements or specifications that seek to provide a common design for a product or process. They enable improved compatibility, interoperability, reproducibility and…
Telecom companies should not own content, urge net neutrality experts
As the government firms up its policy on ensuring net neutrality, experts urge that disallowing telecom operators from owning any proprietary content could become a…
Government’s stand on internet governance draws applause from civil society organisations
India’s decision to support the multistakeholdermodel of internet governance has drawn mostly applause from civil society organisations and individuals who have been following the issue,…
Airtel calls it ‘standard solution’, but experts say spy code breach of privacy
Airtel seems to be doing some serious firefighting after being accused of “spying” by Bengaluru-based programmer Thejesh GN. Airtel seems to be doing some serious…
FOSS News – May 2015
Patent Lawyers Fight Hard for the Future of Software Patents Link to the article : http://techrights.org/2015/05/28/patent-lawyers-echo-chamber/ “People naively say to me, “If your program is…
SFLC.in comments on the Delhi Government’s public Wi-Fi initiative
Following the call for suggestions from stakeholders on business models, technologies, implementation strategies for its initiative to establish free access public Wifi networks accross the…
Roundtable on “FOSS for Public Use : Free and Open Source Software for Digital India” on May 29, 2015
SFLC.in, in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS), is organizing…
BSNL says it can block whole websites only, not web-pages
This follows from our previous blog about DEITY’s revelations on website blocking. SFLC.in had requested the following information from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) under…
FOSS News – April 2015
India announces open source policy; Big win for FOSS http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/india-announces-open-source-policy-big-win-for-foss/46738776 On March 29, 2015, Indian government announced a policy on adoption of open source software,…
SFLC.in’s comments on TRAI’s Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for OTT Services
On March 27, 2015, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published a consultation paper on “Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top (OTT) Services”, and invited stakeholders…