Gyan Satyagraha in the internet age

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About this GeekUp - on open source and access to knowledge 🎤

Modern efforts on open source and access to knowledge continue to be a key struggle for the modern age. In this GeekUp, Carl Malamud talks about different visions of the Internet, from the early model of a centralized “smart” network (what he calls the Raj Internet) to the centralized behemoths of today (what he calls the East India Company Internet).

There is another Internet - the Gandhian Internet - which is built on principles of a distributed network and open protocols. This Internet is still the core of our modern Internet despite the large corporations that now inhabit that world. This Internet builds on principles that underlie the open source and A2K movements. Carl Malamud will make the case for why these movements are Gandhian in nature, and continues his call for a Gyan Satyagraha to continue this struggle for an open network with open access for all.

About Carl Malamud 🗣📢

Carl Malamud is one of four co-founders of the Servants of Knowledge Association, an effort to build a Public Library of India that has been underway for almost a decade. Carl is the founder of Public.Resource.Org, a US-based NGO that has been a leader in the struggle to provide open access to edicts of government, including public safety standards, in the US, Europe, and India, efforts that have been recognized and supported by the Supreme Courts of the US and the European Union.
Carl was responsible for placing a large number of government databases on the Internet and then convincing the government to provide those services.
In the 1990s, Carl ran the first radio station on the Internet, where he pioneered what we now know of as “podcasting.”
He is the author of nine books, and the recipient of numerous awards including the Berkman Award from Harvard University and the Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

About the moderator 👤

Gautam John is the CEO of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies. Prior to this, he spent several years with the Akshara Foundation, building the Karnataka Learning Partnership (KLP) and at Pratham Books, building their open source publishing model. Before entering the nonprofit sector, he was an entrepreneur for six years.
Gautam graduated from the National Law School of India University in 2002.

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