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 will open source most of the server-side .NET framework, and…
India’s surveillance state: an overview
Just over a year ago, the world was treated to a rude awakening by a hitherto unknown Edward Snowden, when he made public thousands of…
CCA RTI reply hides more than what it reveals
One of the several provisions that gives the government lawful access to data is Section 28 of the Information Technology Act 2000. This section provides…
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…