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World’s Largest Free And Open Source (FOSS) Facility Opened In Kerala

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 2nd of March 2019 07:26:31 PM Filed under
OSS

Yesterday, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched the worlds largest integrated Free and Open Source IT facility in the government sector, ‘Swatantra.’

As reported by Indian Web 2, the facility was developed by the International Center for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), which was set up by the Kerala government in 2009. The organization has a directive of popularizing FOSS within Kerala and around the world. Swatantra will house a Free and Open Source Software Traning Space and an Incubation Center.

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Kerala Launches ‘Swatantra’

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 3rd of March 2019 12:57:42 AM.
  • Kerala Launches ‘Swatantra’, World’s Largest Integrated FOSS Facility in Govt Sector

    Today, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched ‘Swatantra’, which is billed as the world’s largest integrated Free and Open Source IT facility in a government sector.

    An initiative of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), Swatantra would house the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Incubation Centre & Training Space.

World’s Largest FOSS Facility, Launched By Kerala

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 3rd of March 2019 01:01:23 PM.
  • World’s Largest FOSS Facility, Launched By Kerala

    FOSS is a software that have licenses that allow users to freely run the program for any purpose, modify the program as they want, and also allows users to freely distribute copies of either the original version or their own modified version. The previous day, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched ‘Swatantra’, that is now billed as the world’s largest integrated Free and Open Source IT facility in a government sector. While a leaning step towards the International Center for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) was forwarded, Swatantra would take care of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Incubation Center & Training Space according to the reports.

    It aims at improving and developing the governments ideologies to formulate the promotion of democratic access of information, keeping in mind the objective of sustainable economic development. ICFOSS is an institution planned by the Kerala government that has the connected mandate of marketing FOSS for global significance. Back in 2001, Kerala became the first state in India to formally adopt a pro-FOSS IT policy and then later in 2009, the state government began ICFOSS, mentioning its headquarters in Thiruvanthapuram.

ICFOSS is Just Changing Buildings

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 3rd of March 2019 04:08:57 PM.
  • Kerala Chief minister launches ‘Swatantra’ IT facility [Ed: I've been told this is "fake news"; Kerala is really just moving this to another building; much reporting though...]

    Today, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has now launched and revealed a ‘Swatantra’ which is billed as one of the largest integrated open sources and free IT facility in the government sector.

    An initiative of the International Centre for the Open and Free Source Software, Swtantra would also house the open and free source software Incubation Center and Training Space.

    It is also aimed at enhancing the government agenda of promoting democratic access to the information with the objective of sustainable economic development.

    ICFOSS is an institution set up by the Kerala government and having the combined mandate of the popularizing FOSS for universal use.

They just moved buildings

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 5th of March 2019 01:02:12 AM.
  • World’s Largest ‘Free and Open Source’ Facility Launched in Kerala

    Yesterday, Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched ‘Swatantra‘, which is considered as the world’s largest integrated Free and Open Source IT facility in the government sector. It’s actually an initiative of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and aimed to provide restriction-free access to information for sustainable economic development.

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