Swathanthra Malayalam Computing

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| headquarters = Thrissur, Kerala, India

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Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (SMC) is a free software community and non profit charitable society working on Malayalam and other Indic languages.{{cite web |url=http://mathrubhumi.com/agriculture/swathanthra-malayalam-computing-smc-free-software-indic-indic-project-icfo-ss-508229.html |title=ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഭാഷകളെ കൈപിടിച്ചു നടത്താന്‍ |trans-title=|publisher=Mathrubhumi |date=2014-12-17 |accessdate=2015-08-03}} {{in lang|ml}}{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/nonneutral-net-regime-will-impact-free-software-movement/article7137120.ece | title=Non-neutral net regime will impact free software movement | accessdate=2015-08-03}} It is the biggest language computing developer community in India.{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Helping-Malayalam-Take-the-Digital-Leap/2016/02/22/article3289685.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223104123/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Helping-Malayalam-Take-the-Digital-Leap/2016/02/22/article3289685.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 23, 2016 | title=Helping Malayalam Take the Digital Leap | date=2016-02-22 | accessdate=2016-09-04}} This group has been involved in the Malayalam translation of GNOME,{{cite web | url=https://l10n.gnome.org/teams/ml/ | title=Malayalam Translation Team | accessdate=2015-08-03}} KDE,{{cite web | url=http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=ml | title=Malayalam | മലയാളം Team (ml) | accessdate=2015-08-03}} and Mozilla projects{{cite web | url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams:ml | title=L10n:Teams:ml | accessdate=2015-08-03}} like Firefox.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/firefox-malayalam-version-fully-loaded/article829718.ece|title=Firefox Malayalam version fully loaded|date=2010-10-14|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-31}} They developed Indic Keyboard which is a multi-language keyboard for Android.{{cite web |url=http://www.medianama.com/2015/06/223-smc-indic-keyboard-language-support/ |title=SMC's Indic Keyboard now supports 23 languages in Asia |date=29 June 2015 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}{{cite web | url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/technology/mobile/indic-keyboard-android-swathanthra-malayalam-computing-smc-icfoss-language-computing-436943/ |title=ആന്‍ഡ്രോയ്ഡ് ഫോണില്‍ മലയാളമെഴുതാന്‍ ഇന്‍ഡിക് കീബോര്‍ഡ് |trans-title=Malayalam Indic Keyboard for Android Phones |accessdate=2015-08-03}} {{in lang|ml}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/enhanced-android-keyboard-for-indian-languages-released/article7291192.ece|title=Enhanced Android keyboard for Indian languages released|date=2015-06-07|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-31}} They have created several Malayalam fonts. The community also actively contributes towards Malayalam Wikipedia.{{Cite web|url=http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6471|title=Swathanthra Malayalam Computing - News: Complete works of Sree Narayana Guru available in Malayalam WikiSource [Savannah]|website=savannah.nongnu.org|access-date=2016-07-31}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/malayalams-wiki-warrior/article1564461.ece|title=Malayalam's Wiki warrior|date=2011-03-23|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-31}}

They supported Swatantra 2014{{cite web | url=http://icfoss.in/fs2014/ | title=Swatantra 2014 | accessdate=2015-08-03 | archive-date=2018-12-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225170409/https://icfoss.in/fs2014/ | url-status=dead }} and were a part of Google Summer of Code in the years 2007,{{cite web | url=https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/2007/#swathanthra-malayalam-computing | title=GSOC 2007 | accessdate=2015-08-03}} 2013,{{cite web | url=https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2013/smc | title=GSOC 2013 | accessdate=2015-08-03}} and 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/smc | title=GSOC 2014 | accessdate=2015-08-03}} Along with ICFOSS and The Frequently Used Entries for Localization (FUEL) Project, SMC was involved in creating a standard set of Malayalam words that developers can use while creating interfaces for mobile apps.{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Malayalam-All-Set-to-Go-Mobile/2014/03/19/article2117683.ece#.Uyu_K_vQvNS | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320161431/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Malayalam-All-Set-to-Go-Mobile/2014/03/19/article2117683.ece#.Uyu_K_vQvNS | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 20, 2014 | title=Malayalam All Set to Go Mobile | accessdate=2015-08-03}}{{cite web | url=http://www.technoparktoday.com/icfoss-standardizes-malayalam-mobile-platforms/ | title=ICFOSS Standardizes Malayalam Use on Mobile Platforms | date=17 March 2014 | accessdate=2015-08-03}}{{cite web | url=http://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-developers-malayalam-apps/ | title=Supporting Malayalam might soon become easier for app developers | date=21 March 2014 | accessdate=2015-08-03}} Since August 2016, SMC community is an ICANN At-Large Structure.{{cite web | url=https://atlarge.icann.org/alses/apralo | title=At-Large Members | publisher=ICANN | accessdate=2016-09-04}}