The softwares license must permit any conceivable use of the software. A lot of time and preparation went in to making sure it was as successful as last year, and it paid off. On 19th september, 2015 the 11th annual event software freedom day was celebrated by the groups of software communities. Media freedom helping to transform societies 3 5 may 2012 karthago le palace hotel, tunis, tunisia consistent with article 19 of the universal declaration of human rights, the establishment, maintenance. Conclusion in october of 2012, the research presented here was selected to be presented at the american. Open standards ensure communication is independent of software vendor. Conference programme world press freedom day 2 friday 4 may 2012 08. What will you to on september 19, 2015 to celebrate. Participants are required to solve a series of programming questions and the top.
President lincoln signed the amendment outlawing slavery on february 1, 1865, although it was not ratified by the states until later. The remainder of this section considers each of each component of software freedom in detail. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality foss in education, in government, at home, and in business in short, everywhere. Software freedom day 2018 national and international. Mar 28, 2012 the free software foundation europe fsfe is celebrating open standards today in an annual event called document freedom day. Software freedom day is a worldwide celebration and promotion of free software, open source software and related technologies.
This anniversary is annually observed on february 1. Free software foundation working together for free software xpost from rgnu. Dhurba, president of nepal engineering association nea. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality foss in education, in government, at. The tips about stops along the tour are insightful, and all the pictures bring the tour to life.
Mozilla reps software freedom day 2012, bangladesh. Send mail to if you want to help translate subtitles. Abraham lincoln, who was the president at the time, signed the resolution to outlaw slavery. Boston freedom in online communications day bfoc 38. National freedom day in the united states time and date. We recently just celebrated freedom day in south africa on the 27th of april. We hope you can choose to do many of the options we listed in our poll to help celebrate foss on software freedom day, but even if you can only do one that will be a great benefit to the community. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use sfd was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Software freedom day celebrate software freedom day. The free and open source productivity suite keepass. Freedom day is a public holiday in south africa celebrated every year on 27th april. Freedom day stands as a reminder of the courage and sacrifices of all those who fought for an end to apartheid. S oftware freedom day is a worldwide celebration of free and open software foss. What free software is and why it matters, in spanish.
Richard stallman interviewed by theodoros papatheodorou. The office was buzzing with activity as many people turned up, armed with their laptops, to observe software freedom day by resolving to switch over from proprietary software to free and open. The majority of the images come from wire services such as the associated press, reuters, and. The day is celebrated to make the people more aware about the benefits of using foss in different spheres of life. Freedom trail boston has just the right mix of content to make for a terrific tour of bostons freedom trail 4. Led zeppelin tribute 2012 youtube the kennedy center honors led zeppelin 2012.
The free software foundation europe fsfe is celebrating open standards today in an annual event called document freedom day. Day has been cited in the wall street journal, forbes, huffington post, investors business daily, the new york times, the boston globe, and many other major media outlets. Its a day when free software developers and users raise awareness in their local community of the benefits that software freedoms bring. Forming a local sfd team can be a fun, effective community building experience for your local user group and community. Speeches and interviews gnu project free software foundation. The software freedom law center is pleased to announce our 15th anniversary fall conference cohosted by columbia law school, which will take place on friday, november 1st, 2019. Ceri summer seminar series, sandia national laboratories. The big picture is a photo blog produced by a select group of picture editors of the boston globe. Software freedom day df 2017 uniprojecao, campus ii taguatinga norte qng 46 area especial n. About software freedom day sfd with nosk sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss and every year nosk celebrates sfd with foss enthusiasts. Message from jean ping, chairperson of african union commission opening speeches. Chinese keyword censorship of instant messaging programs and work in progress. On this day in 1994, the first democratic and nonracial national election was held in the country. December 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message software freedom day logo software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation.
Sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss and every year nosk celebrates sfd with foss enthusiasts. Hosted by linux users victoria at the hub in docklands, the day kicked off with a bbq with opensauce props to lev lafayette for a very witty pun. Sep 19, 2015 s oftware freedom day is a worldwide celebration of free and open software foss. I thought i should design something to represent what the day is about. National freedom day is an observance in the united states that honors the signing of a resolution that proposed the th amendment of the nations constitution on february 1, 1865. The boston business journal selected day in 2004 as one of their 40 under 40 leading business leaders and innovators. A team url will be countrycityteam or countrystatecityteam when it makes sense. Unfortunately due to a power failure at southern cross station, my vline train from. Free software, sometimes also referred to as libre. It also built some of the software that allowed websites to go dark. The event, which was first held in 2008, is observed on the last.
Top 10 tips and tricks part 1 and 2 tips and tricks to solve tough high speed data transmission and signal integrity challenges. Although it was one of just 4 registered events taking place in the uk, software freedom day is a global event. The first tenet of software freedom is the users fully unfettered right to run the program. Boston freedom in online communications day bfoc 3820. Welcome to software freedom day, video recording of a talk given by richard m. Programming competition is one of the main activities of the event. September 19, 2020 software freedom day is one of the worldwide celebrations held by digital freedom foundation dff, an npo that focuses on promoting free software, open hardware, and access to knowledge via technology. Document freedom day dfd is the international day to celebrate and raise awareness of open standards. Conference programme world press freedom day 1 conference programme world press freedom day 2012 new voices. This sfd wiki is organized by the digital freedom foundation dff. The program get kicked off by the presentation of mr.
Sfd was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Create a new city stad toevoegenajouter ville categorycountry2012. Video and audio recordings and transcripts are available the software freedom law center invites counsel, developers, enterprise users, and other members of free and open source software foss communities to join us once again for our free annual conference to explore legal issues surrounding foss, held at columbia law school on friday, november 2, 2018. Heart stairway to heaven live kennedy center honors. Software freedom day 2009 report the trinidad and tobago computer society ttcs celebrated software freedom day sfd 2009 with a series of activities in september, including scheduled presentations with giveaways and demonstrations of various aspects of free and open source software. Fsfe celebrates document freedom day by sending handcuffs to. Last year i had participated in sfd14 celebrated in mumbai and delivered a talk on firefox os.
It is celebrated on the last wednesday of march each year. Since then i had been in contact with the organizers and tried to engage them in mozilla activities. Mozilla bangladesh will celebrate software freedom day sfd, 2012 event ideas. Boston free software foundation working together for free software skip to content, sitemap or skip to search. About software freedom day on the third saturday in september each year, people all over the world celebrate software freedom day. Software freedom day 2009 report the trinidad and tobago computer society ttcs celebrated software freedom day sfd 2009 with a series of activities in september, including scheduled presentations with giveaways and demonstrations of various aspects of. Document freedom day was first celebrated on 26 march 2008, and has continued to be celebrated every year since. Document freedom addresses much more than just essays and. Small worcester group plays large role in online protest. Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Software freedom day is a global celebration of free and open source software foss. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software.
Today is software freedom day and heres why you should. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free. Software freedom day 2018 is observed on saturday, september 16, 2018. This years melbournebased software freedom day event took a lowkey approach, in stark contrast to last years awardwinning affair. Celebrate software freedom day 2012 in cambridge, massachusetts. Document freedom day dfd is an annual event to celebrate and raise awareness of open standards. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation. The internet offers great promise for improving the communication capabilities of citizens, but our increasing dependence on networked communications also makes it easier for organizations and governments to control, monitor, and block communications. Conclusion in october of 2012, the research presented. Software freedom day 2012 is saturday, september 15th at cambridge college, massachusetts avenue, cambridge, ma. Richard stallman welcomes you to software freedom day, explaining what free software is and why its important to use a completely free gnulinux distribution. Stallman at the free software foundation office in boston, ma, usa on september 11, 2012 for the iran software freedom day. In the election held in south africa in 1994, everyone of age over 18 of any race even noncitizens were allowed to vote.
Software freedom day sfd 2015 events mozilla discourse. We will bring together lawyers, developers, enterprise users, and other members of free and open source software foss communities to join us in exploring legal issues. Cambridge, ma software freedom day recap free software. The fsf is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom. Software freedom day was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Celebrating software freedom day 2015 fedora magazine.
Software freedom day is an outreach day where you can inspire newcomers with the values and quality of free software and communicate the broader issues of software freedom through a variety of activities of your choice. To create your team page find your country and cityregion or create one if it does not exist yet. Nov 10, 2015 software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Additional project details registered 20110811 report inappropriate content. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. I had been associated with mozilla in terms of coding and all the rep activities.
It is about letting go of some hurts but also celebrating the opportunities we now have, to fly as high as we can. Cambridge, ma software freedom day recap by free software foundation contributions published on oct 07, 20 05. Join us at cambridge college for software freedom day on saturday, september 15th from 10am to 5pm. Fsfe celebrates document freedom day by sending handcuffs. Software freedom day 2009 report trinidad and tobago. Join us by attending an event close to you, help spreading the word or see other ways of how. About software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. The atlas society announces aaron day as new ceo and. National freedom day is a united states observance on february 1 honoring the signing by abraham lincoln of a joint house and senate resolution that later became the th amendment to the u. On this day, people around the globe come together to run local events and let the public know about freedom of information accessibility. This way we will be able to keep oversight of where a team is located and others will be able to find a team in proximity more easily. Document freedom day is a campaign about open standards and document formats, aimed at a nontechnical audience.
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