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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: 1) by pTamok on Monday March 04 2019, @09:39PM (1 child)

    by pTamok (3042) on Monday March 04 2019, @09:39PM (#809990)

    India had been ruled as a (pretty much) single entity under previous empires (The Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire). The British obtained power over the inhomogenous India states/principalities via the East India Company, but following the Indian Rebellion of 1858, the British government took direct rule. From 1858 to 1947 the British had full power over the Indian Subcontinent. The Partition of 1947 was a terrible misstep but opinions differ as to whether it was inevitable or not [wikipedia.org]. Nonetheless, the British ruled India for long enough that the events that led up to the Partition were squarely during their rule and the British did not see what the consequences of their mismanagement of India would be - or if they did see them, didn't care. So the British administration was either incompetent or deliberately negligent.

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