November 2007 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

SFD 2007 Competition Winners!

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, We are very pleased to announce the results of the SFD Competition 2007! Many thanks to all the entrants, we saw some excellent examples of how to take software freedom to local communities, and we were inspired, as you all will be to see some of the outcomes and reports. http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007/Winners We have three winners, who will each receive an OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) computer. All winners, highly commended and entries of note will also receive a certificate for their excellent submissions. I want to extend a warm congratulations in particular to the three winners (in no particular order): - FOSS Nepal Community - SFD Nicaragua 2007 Team - Beijing Software Freedom Day (China) And the two highly commended entries: - Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society - SFD Tunisia Read more about the entries along with their reports at the website above. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Nov. 29, 2007

Software Freedom Day 2007 - Sydney report

by Sridhar Dhanapalan

It's been indicated to me that I never put out a report on Software Freedom Day in Sydney. Well, better late than never :) Advocates of free software celebrated at the University of New South Wales on 16 September for the fourth annual Software Freedom Day. Members of SLUG, Ubuntu-AU and the general FOSS community collaborated to spread the message of free software to the general public. Interest and buzz was generated in the days leading-up to the event through a poster campaign across the campus. At the UNSW Computer Fair, we piqued the curiosity of many computer users with our displays, screencasts and spiels. Those who were enthusiastic migrated to our room in the nearby Law Building, where we could explain and demonstrate in greater detail. Not only did we have many expressions of interest from newcomers in free software and the free software community, we also succeeded in bringing those who already use FOSS into participation in the local community. Regrettably, I was not able to take any decent photographs of the event. If anyone has pictures, I'd be grateful if they could be sent to me. I would like to give a big word of thanks to everyone who helped on the day: Andreas Fischer Brendan Puckeridge David McQuire James Dumay Jim Tsao John Ferlito Ken Wilson Lindsay Holmwood Matt Moor Peter Baker Pia Waugh Rodger Dean Silvia Pfeiffer Anyone else who I may have forgotten (if I have, sorry!) In addition, I would like to thank those who provided resources in support of our efforts: Computer Fairs Australia (tables at the computer fair) David Vaile, Abi Paramaguru and Alana Maurushat at the UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre (room in the Law Building) John Schilit (IBM and Robocode materials) Solutions First (Unwired modem) Ubuntu Screencasts Team (screencasts and subtitles) Canonical (Ubuntu CDs) The worldwide free software community :) The Web version of this report is available at http://yama.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/software-freedom-day-2007-sydney-report/ -- "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." - Optimus Prime

Nov. 10, 2007

Short delay in announcing winners for SFD competition

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, my apologies, we have a very short delay in announcing the SFD competition winners. It will be done over the weekend, so stay tuned! :) Cheers, Pia Software Freedom International

Nov. 8, 2007

Team reports - please fill in the web form!

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, So far we've had 110 teams fill in the online report, and have stated they've reached 22,229 people and handed out 8,970 Ubuntu CDs. Could everyone else (the other 220 teams!) please fill in the web form if you haven't already! Some people sent reports to the list but didn't fill in the webform. This information will be used to help garner support for the event, and to help get UN recognition for the day, so please participate! http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/event_report.html Thanks everyone. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

Nov. 3, 2007