Dear Professional, The Law and Technology Committee of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, is organising its annual conference Consilience (http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm) in Bangalore on the 8th and 9th July, 2005. The aim of Consilience is to bring together scholars, industry stakeholders, legal experts, and policy-makers to address issues that have been earmarked for them after intensive research. This year's theme is Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and we intend to have the following conference tracks - o FOSS - An Introduction o Role of FOSS in developing countries o FOSS Business Models o Legal Aspects of FOSS We envisage a robust dialogue and thorough analysis of these issues relating to free/open source software, including its uses in ICT for development. We expect the conference to result in a recommendation paper/declaration having the potential to effect formulation of a comprehensive policy by the Indian Government concerning FOSS. For any other clarifications contact, E-mail: consilience@nls.ac.in Visit Our Website: http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm Madhu K S Library Assistant NLSIU, Bangalore --------------------------------- Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com Dear Professional,   The Law and Technology Committee of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore , is organising its annual conference Consilience ( http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm ) in Bangalore on the 8th and 9th July, 2005.   The aim of Consilience is to bring together scholars, industry stakeholders, legal experts, and policy-makers to address issues that have been earmarked for them after intensive research.   This year's theme is Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and we intend to have the following conference tracks -   o         FOSS - An Introduction o         Role of FOSS in developing countries o         FOSS Business Models o         Legal Aspects of FOSS   We envisage a robust dialogue and thorough analysis of these issues relating to free/open source software, including its uses in ICT for development. We expect the conference to result in a recommendation paper/declaration having the potential to effect formulation of a comprehensive policy by the Indian Government concerning FOSS.   For any other clarifications contact, E-mail: https://mail.nls.ac.in/src/compose.php?send_to=consilience%40nls.ac.in consilience@nls.ac.in     Visit Our Website: http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm http://www.nls.ac.in/students/consilience/index.htm     Madhu K S Library Assistant NLSIU, Bangalore Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com