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World’s Largest Free and Open Source Facility Launched in Kerala, India

posted by martyb on Monday March 04 2019, @04:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the information-wants-to-be-free dept.

canopic jug writes:

The state of Kerala, India, has opened Swatantra, the largest government FOSS center in the world. Swatantra falls under the auspices of Kerala's International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS). In 2001, Kerala adopted a formal, pro-FOSS technology policy.

'Swatantra', an initiative of International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), will house the FOSS incubation centre and training space. It is aimed at enhancing the government's agenda of promoting democratic access to information with the objective of sustainable economic development.

Earlier on SN:
Government of Indian State Fully Adopts FOSS in Schools; Saves $45M (2017)
Government of India Adopts FOSS Preferred Policy (2015)

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by ikanreed on Monday March 04 2019, @05:06PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @05:06PM (#809857) Journal

    Seems, after further internet searching, like they mean square footage of office space specifically devoted to developing open source projects, excluding offices run mixed between for-profit ventures related to open source like the former red-hat headquarters.

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