Since it’s open source software, it takes a little bit of work to get it implemented and you’ll have to poke around a bit in the code. VSCO Keys is a simple, but rather powerful piece of software dedicated to reducing time spent editing photos by creating keyboard shortcuts.Now, Keys has shown up on Github as a totally open source and completely free download.

VSCO Keys Photo Editing Shortcut Software Is Now Totally Free and Open Source Schools and other institutions could save an estimated Rs 8,254 crore by adopting free and open source software (FOSS) while police departments could save about Rs 51.20 crore, said a study led by Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Use of free and open source software could help India save more than Rs 8,300 crore in government expenses on education and police only, says a new study, vindicating the Centre’s move to promote such software as part of its Digital India initiative. Open source software could help India save Rs 8,254 crore in education alone They say software is based on mathematics, and algorithms and computer programmes may not be patented as they are expressions of abstract ideas and that since software is anyway protected under copyright law, it need not necessarily be patented Link to the article: Influential organizations such as iSpirt, a software product makers’ think tank, and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), a non-profit foundation that represents many of the world’s leading free software developers, are opposing the changes.

Revised patent norms for software could impact tech start-upsĪccording to revised guidelines issued by the Indian Patent Office on 21 August, software that demonstrates a technical application or improves hardware may also be patented, vastly widening the scope of patents. Mishi Choudhary says that Free and open source software (FOSS) is a technical and political movement that will make it possible that every brain on earth will have a chance to be educated and not just those who can afford expensive hardware and pay for software licences, but every child in the street.Link to the article: Mishi Choudhary on FOSS and the sharing economy

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