Hi Sailesh, Thanks for the news. This is really a great initiative from the Odisha government and this will definitely be marked as a model to be followed by others around the world for the purpose of making knowledge free and available. Thanks to the entire Odia community.
Regards, Tanweer On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Sailesh Patnaik < sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm happy to share that, Two more websites by Government of Odisha are now > under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Both the > websites were launched by Govt. marking the 70th anniversary of Bhubaneswar > as the capital city of the state and till date Govt. has made seven of its > websites under CC. > Ps: This is the first time we didn't approach the officials for doing it > and they've done it of their own will. > > > 1. http://bhubaneswar.me/ > 2. http://www.smartcitybhubaneswar.gov.in/ > > Thanks > > ----------- > *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "* > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 > *Twitter*: @saileshpat > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:06 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!| > > > > I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia > > community, Today, the Government of Odisha has announced to release the > > content of two major departments; Information and Public Relations and > ST > > & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Dept. under > > Creative Commons license. Both the department has a huge collection of > > content and will help in improving a lot of Wikipedia articles. > > It was announced by the I&PR dept. and also by the Chief Minister's > > Office, https://twitter.com/CMO_Odisha/status/947838684874792960. The > > required changes will be made in the upcoming week. > > > > ----------- > > *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "* > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program > > Centre for Internet and Society > > Phone: +91-7537097770 > > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 > > *Twitter*: @saileshpat > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu < > > rayyakka...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > >> Sailesh and all Odia community members, > >> > >> This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats! > >> > >> Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is > remarkable > >> and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely > >> licensed. > >> > >> Ravi > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive <n...@nhasive.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Wow! Congratulations! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Hasive > >> > > >> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune < > zmcc...@wikimedia.org> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching > >> collaboration. > >> > > > >> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < > >> > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Thank you, Katy!! > >> > > > > >> > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love <kl...@wikimedia.org> > >> > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > Hi Sailesh, > >> > > > > > >> > > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for > >> sharing > >> > > this > >> > > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Katy > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < > >> > > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Hello Everyone, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia > >> > community > >> > > > > with > >> > > > > > the Government of Odisha. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics > >> Championships ( > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia- > >> > > > athletics-championships/ > >> > > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the > >> > dearth > >> > > > of > >> > > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social > >> media > >> > > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government > >> > officials > >> > > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open > >> Content, > >> > it > >> > > > > took > >> > > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY > 4.0 > >> > > > license. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of > >> > Odisha > >> > > > are > >> > > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use, > >> > share, > >> > > > and > >> > > > > > build upon their work. > >> > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social- > >> > > > media-free-license/ > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration > further > >> > and > >> > > > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0. > >> > > > > > -- > >> > > > > > ----------- > >> > > > > > *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "* > >> > > > > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program > >> > > > > > Centre for Internet and Society > >> > > > > > Phone: +91-7537097770 > >> > > > > > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sa 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