1. Knowledge Sharing and Development under FOSS Spreading knowledge… unrestrained A Message By Students’ Forum for Free/Open Source Software ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior http://sf-foss.iiitm.ac.in sf-foss@iiitm.ac.in

2. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Lets take a walk through time

3. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Vedas Ramayana Civilizations … etc P HASE – II: C OMMUNITY L EARNING

4. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software P HASE – II: I NVENTIONS AND I NDUSTRIAL R EVOLUTION Paper Construction Engines … etc

5. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software P HASE – III: IT R EVOLUTION

6. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software P HASE – III: K NOWLEDGE …???

7. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software P HASE – III: OPEN SOURCE R EVOLUTION The Hobbyists

8. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software All the fuss about “FOSS”

9. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software A BOUT FOSS Open Source Software can be defined as computer software for which the human readable source code is made available under a copyright license that meets the Open Source Definition. This permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner.

10. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software D EVELOPMENT U NDER FOSS Philosophy Development Time Market Penetration And finally Price

11. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Imagine a day without FOSS A CHIEVEMENTS

12. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software B ACK T O T HEME Dimensions Of Knowledge

13. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software TechnicalManagementPersonalitySocialArtistsSpiritualTraditionalCommerce Open Source

14. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software K NOWLEDGE AND O PEN S OURCE Let it Grow Let it Develop Let it Rise Let it Flow Let it spread… unrestrained

15. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software L ETS P ROCEED … Example of a Lifetime

16. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software WIKIPEDIA Started in 2001 Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger Competitor: Proprietary Encyclopedias Concept: Written, Edited, Maintained by volunteers First Web 2.0 service Most read encyclopedia

17. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software S OME S TATISTICS 10 million articles Quarter of them in English 23 Languages Contributors - Countless

18. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software A bit about us

19. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Spreading knowledge… unrestrained http://sf-foss.iiitm.ac.in sf-foss@iiitm.ac.in

20. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software O BJECTIVES Development of the society through modern open sourcing tools Provide open sourcing solutions to the current needs Provide an platform for the intellectual and technical development of students Spread the awareness and developments of open- source, reaching far and wide

21. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software A CTIVITIES Expert Talks Lectures, Video Conferences, Panel Discussions, Guest Lectures, Documentary presentation Software Development Software exhibition, Major open software contest, Industry/society aided specialized software development

22. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software A CTIVITIES Social Activities IT seminars for schools, Open Source Community Drive, Documentary Presentation Media Bi-yearly Chronicle, Documentary Development, Website

23. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software A CTIVITIES Informal Events Programming Contests, Hacking Contest, Group Discussion, Quiz, Debates

24. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software What led to the making of this presentation…???

25. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Come lets join hands For the freedom of software For the freedom of skills For the freedom of knowledge For Spreading knowledge… unrestrained

26. Students Forum for Free/Open Source Software Thank You