Software Biggies Wary of Open Source Development
Mar 09, 2015
On March 5, 2015, the Economic Times carried a report on the rising levels of concern among proprietary software vendors over the Indian Government's increasing adoption of open source software…
Union Budget 2015-16 | Coverage & Analysis
Mar 03, 2015
SFLC.in board member Prof Rahul De talked about Union Budget 2015 at an expert panel hosted by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Link to the video : Union Budget 2015-16 | Coverage &…
CONNECTing the Dots: Options for Future Action
Mar 03, 2015
Ms. Mishi Choudhary will be speaking at an international multistakeholder conference on Internet-related issues organized by UNESCO in France, Paris from March 3-4, 2015.
This event is expected to…
FOSS News - February 2015
Mar 03, 2015
Mark Webbink Named New Chairman of SFLC Board
https://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2015/feb/05/webbink/
India's surveillance state: Other provisions of law that enable collection of user information
Feb 12, 2015
While Section 5(2) of the Telegraph Act and Sections 69 and 69B of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) collectively set the stage for direct surveillance of India's telephone and Internet…
SFLC.in's comments on the First Draft of the National IP Policy
Feb 12, 2015
In December 2014, the Government of India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) invited stakeholder comments on the First Draft of the National IP Policy, which was published on…
FOSS news - January 2015
Feb 02, 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 is…
Internet and Mobile Association of India & Anr. v. U.O.I. & Anr. [W.P. (C) No. 758/2014]
Jan 14, 2015
The petition has been filed by a non-profit making industry body challenging the constitutionality of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and sub-Rules (2)(b), 4 and 7 of Rule 3…
Manoj Oswal v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl.) No. 225/2013]
Jan 14, 2015
The petitioner is a social activist and Unit Head of animal rights’ organization, ‘People for Animals’. Petitioner seeks to declare Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000 as unconstitutional and violative…
Supreme Court hearing on IT Act petitions
Jan 13, 2015
This post attempts to summarise the proceedings before the Apex Court where all the petitions challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules thereunder are being…
India's surveillance state: Procedural legal framework
Jan 09, 2015
Following the previous post, which examined the relevant statutory provisions that establish the substantive framework governing Indian communications surveillance, we now turn to the statutory…
First Asian Legal Network Round Table on Free and Open Source Software
Jan 08, 2015
SFLC.IN in collaboration with Open Invention Network (OIN) is organising the First Asian Legal Network (ALN) round-table on 'Free and Open Source Software' at 'The Oberoi Hotel, Bangalore' on Tuesday…
