Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (Part II)

Sep 21, 2022

Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (part II)

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Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (Part I)

Sep 21, 2022

Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (part I)

This first post is part of an ongoing SFLC.in project comprising an empirical study of the software patents granted annually in a given financial year by the Indian Patent Office from 2014-22, and the trends arising therefrom.

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Praveen Arimbrathodiyil vs. Union of India : SFLC.in assists in challenging Part II of the Intermediary Rules, 2021 in Kerala High Court

Sep 20, 2022

Praveen Arimbrathodiyil vs Union of India : SFLC.in assists in challenging Part II of the Intermediary Rules, 2021 in Kerala High Court

A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court by Praveen Arimbrathodiyil, a free and open-source software (FOSS) developer and a volunteer member of the Free Software Community of India (FSCI), challenging certain

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Karnataka High Court Allows Amendment of Petition in Aarogya Setu Case

Jul 17, 2020

Karnataka High Court Allows Amendment of Petition in Aarogya Setu Case: Update on Petition Challenging Aarogya Setu's Voluntary-Mandatory Status and Lack of A Specific Legislation

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Our executive Director meeting with AC3

Apr 30, 2019

SFLC.in's Executive Director Sundar Krishnan and Ex-executive Director Biju K. Nair have met students and volunteers from Ambedkar Community Computing Center (AC3) on April 26th 2019.

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A ‘Digital Rights Reform Agenda’ for India - What Have Political Parties Missed Out this Election Season?

Apr 12, 2019

Yesterday, India entered 7-phases of national elections spanning a little over a month. This election season, we bring to you a ‘Digital Rights Reform Agenda’ which is missing from most political parties’ promises and manifestos. We believe that these topics should be on the agenda list of all political outfits in India claiming a stake on parliament seats. A list of key digital rights issues worthy of political importance are

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SFLC.in at Swatantra ’17

Jan 03, 2018

Dates: 20 and 21 December 2017

Venue: Mascot Hotel, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

People in attendance: ~400

 

Panel Discussion

SFLC.in was a part of the closing session titled “Software Freedom – Challenges Ahead”. Panelists included:

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SFLC.in at Internet Governance Forum 2017

Dec 23, 2017

The twelfth annual meeting of Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) from 18 to 21 December, 2017. The theme for the meeting this year was ‘Shape Your Digital Future!’

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Seminar on IPR for Start Ups and Entrepreneurs in Software & IT Enabled Industries

Nov 22, 2017

The Technology Centre of Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) in association with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is organizing a Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for Start Ups & Entrepreneurs in Software & IT Enabled Industries on November 22, 2017 at Hotel Holiday Inn, Kochi.

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Workshop on Secure Communication

Sep 22, 2017

SFLC.in is organising a workshop on “Secure Communication ” in association with Sukhbir Singh, TOR Developer, on Saturday, September 23, 2017, from 11:00AM-:1:30 PM at the SFLC.in premises at K-9, Second Floor, Birbal Road, Jangpura Extension, New Delhi -110014 near Jangpura Metro station – Gate no 2.

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