Each year, sfd events are organized by volunteers in dozens. Project organizers say the event, designed to raise awareness about the benefits of using free software, is drawing more interest this year than ever before, with participation from 150 countries. A team url will be countrycityteam or countrystatecityteam when it makes sense. And i waited for few more days, and my name is shortlisted in sfd. The free and open source software foss enthusiasts just celebrated the software freedom day sfd on september 17 all across the world. Software freedom day sfd software freedom day is an event where free software enthusiasts, students from college and schools, common public, researchers, etc come together to share, discuss, debate and demonstrate on various topics including foss, free culture, hardware, tools, etc. Software freedom day 2019, nosk ncit sfd 2019 in kathmandu nepal. Software freedom day sfd is a global event which celebrates free software. Software freedom day sfd 2015 events mozilla discourse. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation. The first session was given by roshan gautam, who presented about software freedom day 2016 happening on 17th september.
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. Official page for the soon to be held software freedom day on 17th september in nepal. Sfd was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness on free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Each sfd philippines 2019 participant will have 1 ticket. Started in 2004 to promote free software with software freedom day, digital freedom foundation later registered as a charity in the usa under the software freedom international name in 2007, is the nonprofit organization at the origin of software freedom day, education freedom day and hardware freedom day the name change came progressively starting in 2011 in order to reflect the. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration for free software organized by digital freedom foundation. Software freedom day in bangkok mobile application. Mozillatn software freedom day at chennai august 29, 2017. The local event on this day in hamburg, germany is similar to other conferences, providing a program with some talks and an exhibition hall with some free.
Join us on software freedom day to learn more about free software and open source free software melbourne and linux users victoria are celebrating the 16th annual software freedom day celebrations in melbourne and were going to be hosting a series of talks about using free and open source software in the real world. Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. This year software freedom day is happening on saturday september 15th everywhere around the world or almost. This year, software freedom day 2018 is being organized by open source ascol circle osac and department of csit amrit campus on 15th september at amrit campus. Fshmp free software hardware movement, puducherry has been celebrating sfd for the past 4 years.
Every september, we join in the celebration of software freedom day, an annual worldwide celebration of free software and open source software. Participants are required to solve a series of programming questions and the top. While the sfd wiki was ready to create and update your event page we did a soft launch for the registration at the beginning of the month and have had so far 2 registration emails which didnt reach the team leaders. Official repository for software freedom day smvdu, to be held on 20th september, 2014. If you havent registered your team yet its time to do it now. Sfd 2009 was celebrated around the world with great zeal and vigour on the 19th september this year. Software freedom day 2009 to be observed on september 19. The celebration was originally held on august 28, but in 2006 it was moved to the third saturday in september. Mozillatn mozillatn software freedom day at chennai. This readme file contain all the information you need to start contributing to this repo. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free and open source software held during third saturday of september every year. Various stalls relating foss will be put on for exhibition. Software freedom day is an international celebration with events organised by volunteers all over the world. Sfd aims to celebrate and promote free and opensource software, as well as.
Software freedom day df 2017 uniprojecao, campus ii taguatinga norte qng 46 area especial n. Linux follows the free software philosophy and hence gives its users the freedom to modify, copy, and share linux. They are ethical approaches to building software that values your rights to use the software in any way, study how it works, share it. Software freedom day is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation. The software freedom day is an event taking place worldwide, once a year, on the third saturday in september. This page is about the meanings of the acronymabbreviationshorthand sfd in the computing field in general and in the software terminology in particular. Sfd aims to celebrate and promote free and opensource software, as well as to educate people about the benefits of free software. It is organised to increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Forming a local sfd team can be a fun, effective community building experience for your local user group and community. This sfd wiki is organized by the digital freedom foundation dff. We meet weekly for tutorial sessions on linux, various open source software, listen to different peoples experiences with linux and open source software and new applications.
On september 18 each year, people all over the world celebrate software freedom day. Digital freedom international aka software freedom international is proud to announce it will start coorganizing software freedom days with one local team each year starting this year, and therefore we are inviting local organizers to submit proposals to host our upcoming sfd summit around september 15th 2012 it is suggested to host the. Software freedom day 2019, nosk ncit blogger nepal. Participate in software freedom day the freebsd forums.
Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. He also enlightened students about benefits of attending software freedom day. Celebrate 2019 software freedom day nosk, ncit bca notes nepal. Software freedom day at endurance india endurance international. Started in 2004 to promote free software with software freedom day, digital freedom foundation later registered as a charity in the usa under the software freedom international name in 2007, is the nonprofit organization at the origin of software freedom day, education freedom day and hardware freedom day. Software freedom day takes place on september 19, 2020. Software freedom day sfd is a technology event held annually worldwide to promote and disseminate the benefits of free software, its philosophy and related technologies. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free.
Software freedom day 2018 to be celebrated tomorrow. While the sfd wiki was ready to create and update your event page we did a soft launch for the registration at the beginning of the. The official repository for software freedom day smvdu, to be held from 12th 18th september, 2016. He talked about the world wide celebration of software freedom day and how foss nepal community won three consecutive sfd celebration world wide. Over 500 volunteer groups in over 120 countries all around the world are celebrating the sixth software freedom day this year on september 19. Lets celebrate software freedom day more details to follow. 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 2020 sep 19, 2020 cute calendar. Software freedom day sfd is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free and open source software. Sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. It is under the gplgeneral public license the gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a widely used free software license, which guarantees end users the freedoms to run, study, share and modify the software. Tina gasperson the third annual software freedom day sfd will take place worldwide on september 16.
Its a day when free software developers and users raise awareness in their local community of the benefits software freedoms bring. Software freedom day is a worldwide celebration of free and opensource software. I had been associated with mozilla in terms of coding and all the rep activities. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to sfd software freedom day. We are thrilled to announce the software freedom day 2019. Software freedom day 2017, nosk ncit time and update.
Software freedom day pre sfd event at orchid college. Software freedom day was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Software freedom day in bangkok html5 mobile application which provide information, agenda, speakers profile and map. Gamble 145 293 centennial dr stop 8098 grand forks, north. Create a wiki account if you dont already have one 2. 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. Software freedom day by matt lee contributions published on aug 17, 2005 05. The the digital freedom foundation is very happy to announce that its fourteenth edition of software freedom day will be celebrated this coming saturday on september 16, 2017. So as usual registering an sfd event is as simple as 123.
Some cities have huge events with music, talks, vendors, even cheerleaders, parades, and feasts. Every september, we join in the celebration of software freedom day, an annual worldwide. I just heared about software freedom daysfd is happening in worldwide in september month, so i registered for the mozilla stall at loyala college softwarefreedomdaysfd conducted by fsftn. Sfd will take place worldwide on september 16 project organizers say the event, designed to raise awareness about the benefits of using free software, is drawing more interest this year than ever before, with participation from 150 countries. We are celebrating sfd this year2016 at free software hardware movement puducherry by exhibiting stalls on open hardware gnulinux. Last year i had participated in sfd14 celebrated in mumbai and delivered a. Sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss and every year nosk celebrates sfd with foss enthusiasts. Dff was established in 2004 to promote software freedom day sfd. Celebrate 2019 software freedom day nosk, ncit bca notes. Software freedom day celebrate software freedom day.
About software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Software freedom day in hamburg, germany geany wiki. Software freedom day puducherry gnulinux users group. Software freedom day software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software. The event is being celebrated with the slogan open source for multidisciplinary integration. Sfd is an annual global event that encourages open source software users to reach out to their local community to educate others about the benefits of using open source. You can head towards the sfd 2019 map to find an event in your area or simply decide you run your own by follwing the steps below. Free software and open source are social movements that celebrate the freedom and independence of people who use software. Richard stallman, founder of the free software foundation fsf, has created a brief, informative video about why software freedom.
Sfd is an annual worldwide event celebration of free and open source software foss. Programming competition is one of the main activities of the event. This annual celebration supports grass roots efforts to educate the public on the virtues of foss and also to encourage its use. On september 15th, i was invited to give a talk about fedora, this event that took place at the national university of san luis gonzaga, ica. Sep 07, 2018 this year software freedom day is happening on saturday september 15th everywhere around the world or almost. If you are still facing any difficulty with the code or setup then simply create an issue. I was happy to make an stall and also learn newthings about all foss related subjects like wordpress, cyanogenmod. It is an opportunity for communities to share the knowledge and benefits of using collaborative, community made technology. Software freedom day free software foundation working. My experience in software freedom daysfd at loyalaicam. Software freedom day, sfd is an annual worldwide event celebration of free and open source software foss. Sep 17, 2012 software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software. The objective of the event is to learn more about the free and open source.
It is the biggest event existing concerning free software. Sfd hamburg the sfd hamburg is the local event taking place in hamburg, germany. Our aim for sfd 2014 is to engage with and encourage computer users, local businesses, startups and other groups to use free software and promote the philosophy. 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. Saturday, september 17th, 2016 is the thirteenth annual software freedom day sfd. This saturday, september 17, is software freedom day sfd. It is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use.
The digital freedom foundation is very happy to announce that registration of its fifteen edition of software freedom day has just opened. The digital freedom foundation is very happy to announce that today is software freedom day. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using highquality foss in education, in government, at home, and in business in short, everywhere. Software freedom day is a global celebration of freeopen source software foss. Aug 16, 2006 the third annual software freedom day.
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