Free Software Movement-Karnataka (FSMK) a member organisation FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT INDIA in association with IBM Software Labs is organizing the encore workshop on 'FOSS for budding developers' at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, on 10th and 11th April 2010, targeted at students becoming code contributors - foss developers. Please visit http://nc2010.fsmk.org/LDW/. You can also contact myself or Mr.Prabodh lecturer CMRIT college over email or phone for more details of the conference.
Contact Persons: Naveen Mudunuru(+919986403928), Prabodh (9844205442).
Session Details
National Conference on Free Software is going to happen in the month of March 2010 in Bangalore. FSMK is taking the responsibility of creating the canvas of the Conference. Delegates from different parts of India will be assembling here in Bangalore.
Read More on National conference here.
Here are the links to two videos by Richard M Stallman and Eben Molgen. They talks in detail about the free software movment.
Eben Moglen at Christ University
RMS at Christ University
Whether you are a free software activist, sympathizer or opponent it is worth to refer.
Write-up By Raghavendra S
We,the FSMK(Free Software Movement Karnataka) volunteers cum trainers, along with members from few other organizations trained Government School teachers to use and get comfortable with Free Software,in a step towards scaling a steep task of setting the binary knowledge free. These training sessions happened on the 16th, 17th and 18th of July,2009.
FSMK is jointly organizing Teachers workshop on Basic Computer aspects, free software, FS philosophy, Open source Tools, etc on July 16, 17, and 18 (10.30am to 5.30pm) along with other Free Software NGOs. Audience are school teachers from schools in and around Bangalore.
The syllabus is prepared by FSMK and is available in http://fosscomm.in/Resources/KarnatakaSchools/BaseSyllabus.
The venue is :-
4th floor,
Office of the State Project Director,
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan,
Nrupathunga Road,
Bangalore
- Write up by Raghavendra
The much awaited encore workshop on 'GNU tools and Linux Kernel' organised by Free Software Movement-Karnataka(FSMK) and IEEE driven by IBM Linux Technology Centre conducted at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, on 9th and 10th May 2009. Around 100 People consisting of Students and Working professionals particpated in the Event. Team from IBM took sessions on programming tools on GNU/Linux platform, the overview of the Linux kernel and Linux configuration.
Free Software Movement Karnataka(FSMK) in coordination with IEEE Bangalore section, IBM Linux Technology Centre and BMSCE announces a Linux kernel tutorial.
IEEE announcement follows - IEEE Bangalore Section in association with BMS College of Engineering and Free Software Movement, Karnataka (FSMK) announces TWO DAY TUTORIAL ON GNU/LINUX Kernel Workshop
By Eminent & Experienced Faculty from FSMK and IBM
Date: May, 9th and 10th (Saturday, Sunday)
Venue: BMS College of Engineering,
Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi
The Microsoft DreamSparkProgram is an initiative by Microsoft where all the students of the VTU would be allowed to download free versions of Microsoft original software and portraying an act of benignity from Microsoft for the student community. Microsoft through this program (with the real intention of suppressing any development of intellectual self reliance of the students), was able to make a deal with the VTU. Also, as part of ‘developing curriculum’, Microsoft would be a part of ‘suggesting’ modifications to the existing curriculum so that these technologies are included.
3 December 2008, evening Eben talked at Institute of Agriculture Technologies on the subject 'Free Software and New Media' and had informal discussions with Kannada bloggers and Media persons.
Eben had an informal chat with people around him. People asked wide range of question from philosophy, law, Free Software, media et al. His answers were pedantic.
13 December 2008, afternoon: Eben delivered his talk on 'Legal Practice in FOSS' at National Law School, Bangalore.