Say no to free basics
    On December 17, Facebook unleashed a massive campaign trying to win support for its Free Basics platform, which has been the subject of a lot of controversy.This is in the context of the consultation paper put out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which looks into the issue of...
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    17 Dec 2015
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    On revoke the Guidelines for Patenting
    The Free Software Movement of India (FSMI) welcomes the decision of the Patent Office, made vide its Order of December 14, 2015, to revoke the Guidelines for Patenting of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) issued on August 21, 2015. The Patent Office has stated in its aforementioned order that having received...
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    16 Dec 2015
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    News from FSFTN on Relief work
    6th Dec 2015 Our volunteers collected the relief materials from FSMK , ITEC which was brought safely from Bangalore by Raghuram and Jeeva from FSMK . It was a huge show of strength from Sister organisations and well wishers The relief materials were segregated and one batch of it was...
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    06 Dec 2015
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    FSMK with Chennai
    Dear Friends, As all of you would have heard, the northern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu have been severely affected by flooding in the aftermath of unprecedented rains. Thousands have been rendered homeless and many more have lost their livelihood. Transport and communication systems are paralyzed. A massive effort is...
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    05 Dec 2015
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    First DevOps meet up in FSMK banner Events
    Venue  : FSMK office, Wilson Garden Date    : 15th Nov 2015 Time    : 10:00 AM What is DevOps? DevOps is a software development method that emphasizes communication, collaboration, integration, automation. The method acknowledges the interdependence of software development, quality assurance (QA), and IT operations, and aims to help an organization...
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    13 Nov 2015
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    Reflections from the Annual General Body meeting 2014 : A guiding note
    Overview From the formation of a small organising team in 2007 and the official launch of FSMK in 2009 with just a handful of volunteers we have grown quantitatively and qualitatively. We have over twenty active GNU/Linux User Groups(GLUGs) spread over six districts of Karnataka. The quality of the workshops,...
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    11 Nov 2015
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