Tuesday, August 07, 2018

TDIL Bull shit and the rotting redtape of indian Governmental institutions

 While I see Google  working  to  deliver more and  more   Indic  language software  our Indian  research  institutions  still rotting  in redtape 
and you see the number of downloads a big "ZERO"

Note :- In order to serve your request faster, Kindly fax us the signed and attested copy of undertaking at 011-26510207 OR you may send the scanned copy at tdildc@cdac.in.
However it is mandatory to send us a hard copy of the same.  Take a Print
Telugu Speech Data - ASR
  • Product Type :Speech Corpora
  • License Type :Research
  • Postal Address :
    Senior Director & Head, Human Centered Computing Division,
    Technology Development for Indian Languages (Room No 2072),
    Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology,
    Electronics Niketan,6,CGO Complex,
    New Delhi - 110 003.
     
My Details
  • Name :Hariharan Ramamurthy
  • Gender :Male
  • Email :haridallas@gmail.com
  • Mobile:
  • Landline :
  • Purpose of Use :Research
  • Description :make telugu lnguage robot 

UNDERTAKING for Downloading

This undertaking pertains to the downloading and usage of various resources available on the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India "Language Technology Proliferation and Deployment Centre, namely http://www.tdil-dc.in.

Introduction: 

MeitY along with its various implementing agencies has developed a collection of textual data, tools and documentation containing linguistic annotations and software tools for their processing herein after called "Linguistic Resources" (more particularly described in Annexure I).

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India has Designed, developed, and maintained a "Language Technology Proliferation and Deployment Centre, namely http://www.tdil-dc.in for consolidating and making available the linguistic resources, tools, technologies, software and so on, developed under the initiation of Technology Development in Indian Languages Programme of MeitY with the help of various implementation organizations / agencies. The objective of the TDIL Programme is that these resources be made available on a single platform and form a National repository for the welfare and advancement in R&D in ICT in India, especially the language technology area.

This is the Undertaking through which the End User may be (Subject to various conditions) allowed to download the "Linguistic Resources" available through http://www.tdil-dc.in for use of the resources by Individuals, R&D, Academia and Industry community at large.

MeitY is the owner of all the IPRs of the said work termed as "Linguistic Resources" and is entitled to grant a permission or undertake from any entity.

The End User is an academic, educational or research institution, or other organization, or an individual and wishes to use the "Linguistic Resources" for purely research purposes only.

MeitY has agreed to let the End User use the "Linguistic Resources" as per the terms and conditions contained hereunder.

I/We (End User)Full Name: _______________________; an Indian; Age: __________; Occupation: _______________; working / having office / conducting business at: __________________________; further contact details: Telephone no. ____________; E-mail: ____________________; Fax: __________ Optional information (alternate contact person, research profile, website, etc.):

Ordering or contact person (Only meant for persons residing within India & having valid Voters ID/ UID/ PAN card/ PASSPORT/ Central/ State Govt. ID) hereby undertake to comply with the following terms and conditions in connection with downloading and using the RESOURCES available on MeitY data center, http://www.tdil-dc.in.

Terms and Conditions

1. End User may use, modify, enlarge or enrich Linguistic Resources, provided that the Linguistic Resources itself or any derived work is used only by the End User for research purposes only, and provided he/she observes all the terms and conditions contained in this undertaking.
2. End User agrees that he shall have no rights with respect to the Linguistic Resources or any portion thereof and shall not use the Linguistic Resources except as expressly mentioned in this undertaking.
3. End user has to submit an Undertaking after one year, if he wishes to continue downloading / usage of already downloaded resources.
4. The permission to use the Linguistic Resources is only for non-commercial research use of End User and, the End User may only on a need-to-know basis disclose the Linguistic Resources to those researchers who belong to the same research institution as End User. The End User shall be liable to ensure that those researchers are bound by and adhere to all the terms and conditions contained herein. The names of all such members are to be explicitly mentioned in Annexure-II.
5. The End User shall neither himself/ herself/ itself or through another person, copy distribute, sell, offer for sale, promote, publish (for commercial purposes), the Linguistic Resources in any form. The End User shall only be allowed to retain one copy of the Linguistic Resources as a backup.
6. If any part of Linguistic Resources contains its own permission or an additional restriction, the more restrictive version and/or amendment of the permission shall be in effect.
7. The End User shall neither use Linguistic Resources nor any derived work based on it (however small the contribution of Linguistic Resources to such derivative work is) in whatever form for commercial purposes of any kind, or for the purpose of development of/ in any computer application, regardless of whether the application is of commercial nature or not.
8. The End User agrees not to re-distribute or otherwise make publicly available Linguistic Resources, or any derived work based without a prior written permission of MeitY.
9. In the event the End User desires to use the Linguistic Resources in any manner not contemplated by this undertaking or not allowed by the terms of this undertaking, it should approach MeitY for its permission and the parties herein may then enter into negotiations and thereafter a separate undertaking, if the parties are agreeable.
10. The End User agrees that all the work derived from the Linguistic Resources shall be exclusively distributed through the data Center of MeitY, with MeitY's written consent.
11. There shall be a Separate undertaking for each of the resource being downloaded by the End User and Signing one undertaking with MeitY does not mean it can be used for Downloading and using all the other resources from the website.
12. Subject to the provision of this undertaking, the End User shall include the following notice in all publications or publicly available materials regardless of their form (printed, electronic, or other), describing work which uses Linguistic Resources: The "Linguistic Resources" has been developed & made available by TDIL, MeitY and will include the following reference:
TDIL, MeitY, Government of India Grant in project title "_____________________" and Grant-in-aid No. _______________ dated "__________" in the case of printed materials, such as papers, journals, articles, etc., the reference to the Linguistic Resources should be included;
13. The End User undertakes to adopt all appropriate security measures needed to protect MeitY's copyright in Linguistic Resources and undertakes to take all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized use is made of Linguistic Resources or of any copies, derived works or extracts thereof.
14. The End User warrants that he/ she is a citizen of India and residing within the territory of India and has a valid Voter's ID/ UID/ PAN card/ PASSPORT/ Central/ State Govt. ID. Or, is an institution based in and registered in India. The End User agrees that the Linguistic Resources is provided to End User on as is basis.
15. MeitY does not warrant the utility, marketability, safety of Linguistic Resources for any purpose whatsoever.
16. MeitY shall not be responsible for any loss or damages suffered by the End User or any person as a direct/ indirect result of use or possession of the Linguistic Resources.
17. If the End User discovers any errors, inconsistencies, shortcomings with regard to/ in Linguistic Resources, the End User shall communicate such error/ suggestions and the like to MeitY.
18. If the End User makes any amendments/ modifications/ improvements to the Linguistic Resources he shall communicate such amendments/ modifications/ improvements to MeitY of making any such amendments/ modifications/ improvements and make available the same to MeitY.
19. The End User agrees that the amendments/ modifications/ improvements made by the End User to the Linguistic Resources shall be the property of MeitY and the End User shall sign all document and do all acts to confer title over such amendments/ modifications/ improvements to MeitY or its nominee/s.
20. Should the End User by itself/ himself/ herself or anyone acting on their behalf fail to comply with any of the conditions in this undertaking, this undertaking shall terminate immediately and Linguistic Resources, its copies and derivative works based on it shall be destroyed. Such termination shall be without prejudice to any claim which the End User may have either for monies due and/or damages and/or otherwise.
21. The End User hereby agrees to permit MeitY and/its authorized representatives to visit the premises/site of the End User or any other premises/site where the Linguistic Resources have been used/ worked on/ published by the End User or anyone acting on his/ her/ it's behalf, without prior intimation to the End User, for the purposes of verification of the conformity of this undertaking and usage of the Linguistic Resource.
22. This undertaking terminates if:
a. the End User destroys all copies of Linguistic Resources or any derived work thereof in his possession or power;
b. If the End User is an institution/ organization and ceases to exist, unless all its obligations are transferred to a new legal entity, which is then considered to be bound by this undertaking. The End User or its successor shall inform MeitY about any such transfer or succession; failure to do so will terminate this undertaking one month after such transfer or succession;
c. the End User ceases to exist, without a legal successor;

23. The End User recognizes that in the event of any breach of this undertaking by the End User, MeitY has a right to claim damages for such breach from the End User and such a right will not be denied or refused by the End User.
24. End User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless MeitY from all damages, claims and the like from any third party for infringement (if any) of any right of any such third party by reason of any act or omission committed by the End User in breach of this undertaking.
25. The End User agrees to indemnify MeitY against any loss or damage caused to it due to hacking/ misuse by any party of the Linguistic Resource or work derived there from.
26. This undertaking is to be printed on A4 size paper and two duly signed/ stamped originals are to be sent to the Address given on the website. In order to serve your request faster, Kindly fax us a signed and attested copy of undertaking at 011-25610207 or you may send the scanned copy at tdil-dc.in. However it is mandatory to send us a hard copy of the same asap.
27. Submission of duly signed undertaking does not automatically grant the permission for download and usage of Linguistic Resources & MeitY reserves the rights for accepting / denying such request for obtaining the tool/ data / software. MeitY is not bound to specify any reason for such acceptance or denial.
28. Entire undertaking: This undertaking sets forth the entire understanding and undertaking of the parties on this matter and supersedes any and all oral or written undertakings or understandings between the parties as to the subject matter of this undertaking. Changes to the terms and conditions of this undertaking will not be valid unless in writing and signed by both parties.




Signature of End User_________________ Name and Signature of Competent Authority
Place:______________________________ (HOD/Registrar etc)
Date: ______________________________ Stamp







Representative , Address of End User:

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