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 world’s leading digital cryptocurrency, the idea of adapting the…
The Curious Case Of The Monkey-Photographer
It all started with a rather spectacular selfie taken by an Indonesian macaque in 2011. British nature photographer David Slater was combing Indonesian jungles for…
Cryptoparty in Delhi
SFLC.in in association with Hoot will be organizing a Cryptoparty for journalists and bloggers in Delhi. It will be a hands-on workshop that will talk…
FOSS Newsletter – Sep 2014
## Qt adds LGPLv3 Licensing * <http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/08/20/adding-lgpl-v3-to-qt/> Digia, developers of the Qt cross-platform application framework announced in August that it will be adding LGPLv3 as…
Myth and Reality: Open Source Software & Licensing
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in shared some practical tips on the legal aspects of using open source software and busts some myths regarding licenses.
Press Release : Clarification On The Report On Surveillance In India Released By SFLC.in.
September 5, 2014, New Delhi : We at SFLC.in have noticed various posts on social media that state that the numbers of telephone tapping requests…
information received under rti for surveillance
In order to procure details on India’s communications surveillance practices, SFLC.in had filed a number of applications over the years under the Right to Information…
Information on India’s surveillance practices received under the Right to Information Act, 2005
In order to procure details on India’s communications surveillance practices, SFLC.in had filed a number of applications over the years under the Right to…
“India’s Surveillance State” – Our Report On Communications Surveillance in India
The report delves into communications surveillance in India and takes an in-depth look at various aspects of India’s surveillance machinery, including enabling provisions of law,…
Supreme Court directs anti-porn petition to be placed before Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee
A petition filed by Indore-based lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani seeking to restrict India’s access to pornographic content on the Internet was heard by the Supreme Court…
A Report On The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011
SFLC.in released the report, “Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 – An Analysis” on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The report was released jointly by Members…