Hello FOSS Enthusiast!

Welcome to our monthly newsletter from FOSS United! Your journey into the vibrant world of Free and Open Source Software begins here!

We're excited to bring you the freshest updates, news, exciting projects, policy tweaks, and the buzz around our ongoing initiatives.

Highlights from FOSS United:

Wondering what's happening in FOSS United? Here are a few updates from our side:

• IndiaFOSS 2025 is over, but the conversations aren’t :)

  3 full days of madness, starting with half a dozen pre-events, 2500 registrations for over a hundred talks, over 60 project booths and thousands of conversations. The madness has ended, but like we said, the conversations haven’t.

  • While we put together the polished recordings, catch the livestream playlists and here’s the IF2025 photodump
  
  
  • ICYMI, here’s the Times of India talking about the event, the people and the projects. If you’d rather watch a video report, here’s our friends at MetaMonkeys sharing their IndiaFOSS experience. Watch the Absurd gang’s montage. There’s a lot more, but you can always follow the hashtag and get the full lore.

• There’s a new reading group in town | FOSS x Policy

  Prompted by multiple threads from IndiaFOSS, a few of us have come together to start a virtual reading group at the intersection of FOSS and public policy. Riding that momentum, we kick-started the pilot session, gathering to discuss the infamous 2014 Policy on adoption of OSS for the Government of India. Catch the notes here, and stay tuned for a lot more :)

• Pre-Summit Events for AI Impact Summit 2026

  It is all over the news, India is hosting the AI impact summit in the coming year, and preparations are in full swing, with the Summit putting out an open call for pre-events to complement the summit. Here’s the full details to tickle your brain this weekend.

• What Are Digital Rights? And How Do They Impact You?

  The good folks at TeamCommnuity have put together a digital rights 101, dig right in, find what are digital rights, why do they matter and how do they impact you.

• T4GC × FOSS United x OASIS: Hack for Change

  We’ve teamed up with T4GC and OASIS to bring you a student-only Hackathon with a purpose! Code something that matters, solve real problems, and show off your ideas at the T4GC Summit.
  

  Key dates:
  • Registration closes 20 Oct
  • Hack sprint: 29 Oct – 4 Nov
  • Winners Announcement: 7 Nov
  • Showcase Your Project: 15 Nov
  
  

  ✨Code with purpose. Build for impact. Be part of the change. Register now before it’s too late!

We hope you found this month's updates insightful and exciting. Your active participation and feedback are what make   our community thrive. If you have any questions, or suggestions, or need further information, feel free to reach out   to us at foundation@fossunited.org

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