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| Location | Karnataka, India |
Recording & Highlights | LLM Mentorship Internship Program – Official Launch
The official launch of the LLM Mentorship Internship Program, organized by FSMK in association with Jain University, has been successfully completed. The session introduced participants to the vision, structure, and roadmap of the program, along with an overview of FSMK and its work in the free software ecosystem.
@prashere introducing the book "Knowledge As Commons" authored by Prabir Purkayastha, the president of @fsmi
The book is a guiding light for the #FOSS movement in India where not just FOSS, but science, technology & knowledge as a whole must be taken up as a sovereign project.
Here are the top 3 winners respectively. #SuperTuxKart
1. Tarun from Sapthagiri GLUG
2. Praveen from AC3
3. Cithesh from AC3
What's a celebration without fun? We hosted a #LANparty where 24 players were split into 3 groups and raced against each other in #SuperTuxKart (#FOSS car racing game) to find the top 3 winners!
@shijil introduced #FSMK organizational activities, GNU/Linux Users Group (GLUGs) to new comers at the Software Freedom Day. #SFD
Ambedkar Computing Community Center (AC3) was established by FSMK in 2007 to bridge the widening #DigitalDivide using #FOSS.
In today's #SFD celebration we had Prabhakaran sharing the activities of AC3 and how they run their center using #FOSS.
In case, if you were not aware, AC3 initiative was covered in #GNU website https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases-india-ambedkar.en.html
Kevin from #OsmBengaluru introducing #OpenStreetMap basic editing using #OsmAnd in today's Software Freedom Day celebration at #FSMK office at #Bengaluru
@subins2000 showcased a web based tool built upon OSM data to find which side of the bus will be in shade in day time commutes.
@prashere showcased the streetlight map built using OSM data.
🎉 Software Freedom Day Highlights 🎉
🍰 Cake cutting to start the celebration
🙌 Intros + FOSS journeys shared
🤝 Prabhakaran on AC3 Initiative
💡 Shijil on FSMK, GLUGs & Community Centers
📖 Prasanna on FOSS history & *Knowledge as Commons*
🗺️ Kevin (OSM BLR) on OpenStreetMap & editing basics
🎮 Finally a fun LAN Party with #SuperTuxKart
