Adieu Kishan Gupta
    The entire Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK) family is in shock at the untimely demise of Kishan Gupta. Kishan was the prodigious kid who came to the 2014 camp as a participant and turned out to be a resourceful technical rockstar. His sense of humour was unique. He was a...
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    23 May 2021
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    Condemn the arrest of Disha Ravi
    Free Software Movement Karnataka Strongly condemns the arrest of Disha Ravi, a climate change activist for supporting the Farmers Struggle and linking it to the Online ToolKit released by Greta Thunberg. We understand that she has been an activist bringing voices to communities in need. While authorities are trying to...
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    15 Feb 2021
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    Press Note: Condemnation of Internet Shutdown in Karnataka and other parts of India
    The ongoing nation-wide resistance against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens exercise is growing everyday. The continuing repression of people participating in the protests by the autocratic government is a public knowledge now. Sadly, this repression has led to the death of two people in...
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    20 Dec 2019
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    On Pegasus Spyware and WhatsApp Surveillance
    The Free Software Movement of Karnataka strongly condemns the targeted surveillance of activists, lawyers and journalists with the Israeli Pegasus spyware. WhatsApp itself has accepted that over 1,400 people were targeted globally through its platform. The targets include over 40 politicians (earlier reported to be 24), lawyers, journalists and academics...
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    04 Nov 2019
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    Free Ola Bini Solidarity Letter
    Ola Bini is a developer, not a criminal. As technologists, free and open source developers, and individuals and organizations working to protect the security of the Internet, we wish to protest in the strongest terms the continuing illegal detention in Ecuador of Ola Bini, a cyber-security expert, privacy consultant, free...
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    17 May 2019
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    A surprise at FSMK Camp happening in PESCE, Mandya
    To those of you who dont know Dr Stallman (aka RMS), he launched the Free software movement in 1983. FSMK organises camps every year focused at enabling students on various free software tools and technologies which helps them add career value. But why are we suddenly talking about both these...
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    11 Jan 2019
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