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Packages not received yet
by KING Farrel 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hello All, We at Sierra eRiders in Sierra Leone have not yet received out SFD packages. I wonder whether they are still on their way and I hope we have not been forgotten. Farrel ---------------------- Sierra eRiders Freetown, Sierra Leone www.sierraeriders.org

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In the US, at least... tie the event to Constitution Day
by Kevin Cole 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, There may be ways to promote Software Freedom by linking it with parallel freedoms granted (in some form) by many constitutions. Particularly, in the United States, where Constitution Day is September 17 -- see http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ConstitutionDay/ I'm not suggesting a change of date or anything, but since the two days are close together, there may be ways to take advantage of that.

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One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom. Celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 in the Philippines
by rick 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Ref: Rick Bahague, Lead Organizer - SFD Philippine Celebration 2008 Computer Professionals' Union Are you tired of frequent spyware and viruses in your computer? Do you want to get loads of fantastic, feature-packed software for free? Join us in celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 at the University of Makati where ordinary users, geeks, programmers, NGOs and even internet shops have laid out a coordinated celebration of free and open source software (FOSS) on September 20, 2008. Starting at 8 am in the morning with simultaneous events from Luzon to Mindanao, open source enthusiasts will meet and hold seminars and trainings on the use and promotion of FOSS. There will be a live video stream that will allow viewers to join in the events. Aside from the University of Makati and PUP-Taguig events in Metro Manila, there will also be regional events in Angeles, Mindanao State University and in Isabela City. The event is expected to bring in more than 2000 advocates and enthusiasts all over the country in line with this year's call of "One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom". In Makati, there will be a discussion on what is open source software, its use in everyday computing and the Open Source bill filed by Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino in Congress. Breakout sessions will be held inparallel in the afternoon on varied topics such as FOSS for education, for NGOs and advocacy organizations, for developers as well as FOSS for internet cafes and small business. In the spirit of free and open software, the latest versions of free operating systems and applications can be copied and burned on a CD onsite. A CD containing free software for proprietary operating systems will also be available. High quality free software are available for your computer in the office, at home and even well polished games for the gaming enthusiast. Free and open source software is the affordable software alternative especially for a third world country like the Philippines. In 2007, over 330 teams all over the world celebrated Software Freedom Day. Last year's activity was attended by more than two hundred enthusiasts in Manila with other regional events. Attendance in this year's event is expected to increase due to the participation of more schools and groups working to make the event successful. The Software Freedom Day 2008 Coordinating Team is composed of the Computer Professional's Union, IT Society-University of Makati, TXTPower, the PHP Users Group Philippines (PHPUGPH), UP Linux Users Group, IOSN, Bayan Muna, and the Imus Internet Cafe Association. Software Freedom Day is a yearly celebration of Software Freedom and why it is important; our purpose is public education about these important issues. Information about the Software Freedom Day event in the Philippines can be found at http://www.sfdphil.org and we invite you to come along to a fun day with giveaways and information. Know a world where software is free and no pirates exist. Discover free and open software.### If you are not able to view the content below, click here<http://www.cp-union.com/> . [image: http://www.cp-union.com/sites/files/internals/poster2-colored.jpg]

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Presenting SFD-REG and SFD 2008 Artwork
by Leandro Gómez 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi all, For those of you that haven't been following the posts on the Planet SFD: We have released SFD-REG, a free event registration system developed by Adolfo Fitoria [0] using RoR. It's released under GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3). You can read more about it here (including some screenshots). [1] We have also released all the artwork made by Byron Corrales [2] for the SFD Nicaragua 2008 event. More info here. [3] Hope you can make good use of it. Cheers, [0] http://fitoria.wordpress.com/ [1] http://leogg.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/tools-for-freedom/ [2] http://byroncorrales.blogspot.com/ [3] http://leogg.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/sfd-2008-artwork/

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[OT] Scarcity and copyright
by shirish 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi all, While its great that we are having a software freedom day, but I believe that free software is just the beginning of the wakeup call . There is so much more that needs to be done. There is also the whole of Free Culture movement as well which has lots of similarities and dis-similarities to what free software hopes to do. As an individual I believe the free software movement and the free culture movement have much to gain and I'm sure there would be lot of loose relationships which are there or may be forming as we speak. A recent international incident concerning copyrights irritated and disturbed me quite a bit . Even after thinking about it for days it just wouldn't go down, hence put up a blog post about the same . http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/scarcity-and-copyright/ One thing though, I'm no expert in copyright. While it may not serve the interests of the free software movement directly I do believe we get affected by it quite a bit. Hoping we can make our voices heard in as many places as we can. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Sun promotes SFD
by Przemysław Kulczycki 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

I don't know if you guys have seen it, but Sun promotes SFD a lot: http://www.sun.com/events/softwarefreedomday/index.jsp Sun is pushing SFD very much. Here in Kraków, Poland, a local Sun ambassador contacted me and offered free OpenSolaris cds, t-shirts, poster printing, and even free pizza on our event! I know it's a bit late to inform you about it, but if you have any time then you can try contact Sun for additional resources for your SFD events. -- ## Przemysław Kulczycki <<>> Azrael Nightwalker ## # jabber: azrael[na]jabster.pl | tlen: azrael29a # ### www: http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ ###

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Press release
by Pia Waugh 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hi all, Software Freedom International will be doing a press release early next week about SFD 2008 (as will several of our sponsors). I wanted to give the community a chance to: a) post to the list any amazing preparations, or expectations for the event. Any big names participating, or Government announcements? b) give everyone a chance to update their event pages before we get some press. We already are seeing a much greater build up of website interest this year than last year, and it looks like we may hit 500 teams this year, with over 400 already registered and many more expected! c) do your own press releases. We are almost 2 weeks out, so get out to the local radio, newspapers, and other media for the final build up of interest and participation! Thanks all and happy planning! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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Request for contact from Polish SFD teams
by Przemysław Kulczycki 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Everyone from SFD teams in Poland is invited to contact me to coordinate promotion of SFD events in our country. Osoby z polskich teamów SFD które jeszcze się ze mną nie skontaktowały proszone są o kontakt. -- ## Przemysław Kulczycki <<>> Azrael Nightwalker ## # jabber: azrael[na]jabster.pl | tlen: azrael29a # ### www: http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ ###

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Planet SFD - send us your blogs/newsfeeds!
by Rakesh Ganatra 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hello Pia, please add my blog, Name:Open Source University Meetup at BITS-Pilani,Goa Campus (BITSOSUM) Blog URL: http://bitsosum.blogspot.com/ Feed URL: http://bitsosum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Hackergotchi : attached with the mail (hope this one doesnt bounce)

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New look for planet SFD
by Pia Waugh 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi all, Our wonderful board member Phil Harper has created a cool look for the SFD planet! thakns Phil! http://planet.softwarefreedomday.org/ Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free." - Bill Hicks

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