FOSS United

Promoting and strengthening the Free and Open Source Software ecosystem in India.

🌐 Website: https://fossunited.org/
💬 Chat: https://t.me/fossunited
🎫 Events: https://fossunited.org/events
✏️ Forum: https://forum.fossunited.org

Last Notes

2025-11-13 07:30:30 UTC

After the govt moved 12 lakh union employee emails to Zoho's workspace, a senior official said it was to stop the use of open source tools that “could compromise security.”
In The Hindu, @npub1sft…ruah responds: “Open source does not mean open to vulnerabilities.”
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/open-source-does-not-mean-open-to-vulnerabilities/article70271678.ece

2025-10-10 13:00:41 UTC

" #Arattai vs WhatsApp: The answer to Western Big Tech is not Indian Big Tech"
📰 @npub1sft…ruah writes in the @npub1z4z…g9vc
Read read read
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/arattai-vs-whatsapp-the-answer-to-western-big-tech-10299424/
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2025-09-19 06:35:32 UTC

@npub1fw5…p4dp kicking off conversation around NLNet funding
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2025-08-21 15:05:29 UTC

IT IS LIVE!
The wait is finally over, the IndiaFOSS 2025 schedule is out! 🎉
What? When? Where? All answered.
All that’s left is YOU.
👉 https://fossunited.org/indiafoss/schedule
📅 Mark your dates: 19th – 21st September, Bengaluru.
⏳ Just 30 days to go.
Tickets are flying fast, grab yours before they’re gone! 🎟️
https://fossunited.org/dashboard/buy-tickets?event=qvn4nr1b28
#indiafoss #fossunited #unitedbyfoss #indiafoss25
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2025-05-24 13:22:30 UTC

Day 24 of #MeetTheMaintainers
Meet @npub188m…kczn and @npub1eyk…ndu6 💬 (https://codeberg.org/prav)
You shouldn’t need a phone number, a cloud account, and a secret deal with Silicon Valley just to say “hi”. 🧵
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2025-05-06 10:52:43 UTC

We are supporting @npub1gxy…rx8v to help them do more of what they do best: map the world, one chai stop at a time. 🧵1/3

2024-12-06 12:06:28 UTC

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is a pioneering internet activist, championing open knowledge access since the early days of the internet. In the GeekUp, Carl will argue about his idea of a Gandhian internet - and what it means to have open access to knowledge in the age of corporate dominated internet.
*Gautam John, CEO of Nilekani Philanthropies, will moderate the discussion.*

2024-12-06 12:06:07 UTC

@npub1jre…alex is doing a GeekUp next week - organized by Servants of Knowledge and supported by Hasgeek.
📅 13 Dec - 5 PM onwards
📍Underline Centre, Indiranagar, Bangalore
📝Registration - http://has.gy/pvxR
*This is a free event.*
#unitedbyfoss #ServantsOfKnowledge #hasgeek #fossunited
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2024-09-04 05:54:15 UTC

📢 Announcing the next talk at #IndiaFOSS2024!
Learn why the growing trend of techno-authoritarianism creates an urgent need to work on issues of misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, privacy and censorship.
Pratik Sinha is the co-founder of Alt News, an information verification and media watchdog website from India. He worked as a software engineer for 14 years before founding Alt News.
Grab your tickets at fossunited.org/indiafoss/2024
#IndiaFOSS #FOSSUnited #UnitedByFOSS
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2024-09-02 13:03:44 UTC

📢 Announcing the next talk at #IndiaFOSS2024!
Join Rohini Lakshané, an independent researcher, as she explores the interactions between open-source development (FOSS) and Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in the mobile phone industry. This session will shed light on the complexities and tensions in these critical areas.
Grab your tickets at fossunited.org/indiafoss/2024
#IndiaFOSS #FOSSUnited #UnitedByFOSS
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