[Event] [OT] mini-debconf happening at College of Engineering, Pune on 12th and 13th September 2015

[shirish शिरीष]

Dear all,
A mini-debconf (regional event about debian) is being organized by me
and people from the local debian community on 12th and 13th September
2015. You could find some more information at

http://in2015.mini.debconf.org/

And about debian GNU/Linux distribution at :-

www.debian.org

We are looking for sponsors as well as people who would like to share
their data ideas, implementations under the free software and open
data model.

We are looking for sponsors, while at the same time we have started
marketing the event at some colleges and schools.

We have already invited Nikhil for the event as the idea/problem he is
grappling is (public transport in Pune) is especially relevant to one
and all . I, also exclusively use public transport and ride-shares
where it is possible so if any improvement happens for public
transport, me along with millions of commuters will be the
beneficiaries of it.

Because of shortage of funds, we are unable to invite people from
outside Pune but are considering Video-conferencing and other ways in
which ideas and implementations can be shared but only if they fit
under the free software and open data model and do have some copyleft
license to back it up as well.

In case, there are some potential sponsors, please mail me off-list
and we would be glad if you are able to sponsor individuals or/and
teams who are and might be doing awesome work using FOSS data models.

Look forward to your participation in the event. Please e-mail me if
you have any further queries.

Hack your visions :)

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[Nisha Thompson]

Hey Shirish,

Please elaborate what this event has to do with data? What opportunities regarding using data or open data?

We only allow data related events to be shared.

Nisha

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[shirish शिरीष]

in-line :-

On 8/14/15, Nisha Thompson <ni...@datameet.org> wrote:
> Hey Shirish,

Hey Nisha,

> Please elaborate what this event has to do with data? What opportunities
> regarding using data or open data?

It is an open-platform platform not restricted to free software but
encompassing all that has to do with freedom though using copyleft
licenses . The CFP is open till 30th August 2015 . Missed that in the
initial mail, sorry.

So let's say you have an idea or a project which uses as well as
shares FOSS ideals, we would welcome it. The audience is usually 2nd
and third year engineering students from various colleges, but we are
also trying to broaden it to schools and various groups who could use
it as a platform to share the idea and broaden the idea of free
software.

A simple example would probably make it more understandable. For
instance, let's see if your project uses openstreetmap and especially
all and any of the layers and you are looking to either extract or add
more data to it or do any whiz-bang simulations out of it, you would
be the perfect person/partner for the project.

But be aware that it's not just the use but also that the end-result
of the work would be available under public archives under a copyleft
license. Then it is a perfect candidate for the mini-debconf.

Similarly, any project which uses free software extensively and the
end-result of that project would be available in public archives under
a copyleft license, we would welcome such projects.

> We only allow data related events to be shared.

Hope the above clarifies and am able to share the data connect.

> Nisha

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