Kiran Jonnalagadda’s Blog

Earlier this year, I applied to NRC-FOSS for funding for a project to build an open source OpenID Provider wrapper around existing SQL and LDAP-based authentication databases. They haven’t made up their mind yet, but in the meantime I figured I’d release my spec. Here it is.

Gracie and Crowd provide similar functionality, though I’m not sure they serve my exact use case.

NRC-FOSS is setting up a network of resource centres across the country. These centres are basically a phone line and email address with one or two persons to respond to queries from the general public, represent the FOSS community at events, and otherwise further the cause of Free and Open Source Software. Resource persons get a stipend. The job is ideally suited for freelancers with spare time and a passion for FOSS.

NRC-FOSS is now seeking to setup a centre in Bangalore and needs resource persons. If you are interested, please contact Kenneth Gonsalves. More information is at the mailing list and the website.

The National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software (NRC-FOSS) is a joint initiative of the Government of India with CDAC Chennai and Anna University’s KBC Research Centre, also in Chennai. The two units operate independently. While CDAC has focused on building an Indianised distribution, AU-KBC has built educational materials and the upcoming network of city-specific resource centres.