March 2026 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Document Freedom Day 2026 virtual event

by LM

Please join us for a virtual meeting celebrating Document Freedom Day 2026 today, Saturday March 28 at 10 AM EST: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd/archive?view=list

March 28, 2026

Happy Document Freedom Day 2026

by LM

Document Freedom Day 2026 is tomorrow March 24th, 2026. Hope you enjoy it. See the following for event listings: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd/archive?view=list Even if you can't make an event this year, I hope you'll celebrate by sharing your thoughts on Free and Open Document formats on your social media accounts using #DFD2026. Thanks to everyone on the list who has written about some of their favorite Free Document formats. Loved reading about it.

March 24, 2026

Re: Document Freedom Day Countdown - SVG format

by Maren Hachmann

Yes, of course :) I have used 'Oh My SVG!' for reducing the size of SVGs more efficiently. Today, I read that GIMP's SVG capabilities have been improved for GIMP 3.2 (e.g. it can reload / update layers with external SVG files automatically, and it supports Vector layers now, too). As a shameless plug, my extensions for Inkscape (some I started, some I picked up from others) also handle SVG, even if 'by proxy', for the most part: https://inkscape.org/~Moini/galleries/extension/ . And of course, Scribus is a fixed part of my SVG-to-print-service workflow. It imports Inkscape SVGs and turns them into print-ready, color-managed PDF files, which Inkscape doesn't do yet. As for fun - I had a lot of fun exploring a collection of third-party Inkscape extensions compiled and maintained by Mario from the FabLab in Chemnitz: https://gitea.fablabchemnitz.de/FabLab_Chemnitz/mightyscape-1.2/ And I still want to try out Friction (Vector animation tool, derived from the abandoned enve). I heard they fixed a bug that prevented me from using it, and am waiting for an updated beta version or the new release. Maren Am 15.03.26 um 17:26 schrieb LM: > This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check > out editors such as Inkscape > https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit > https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG > vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like? > > librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a > lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a > great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I > would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks. > > Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, > imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to > graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can > output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG > format. > > I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf > I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm > fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low > dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

March 16, 2026

Re: Document Freedom Day Countdown - SVG format

by luisdaniel＠tuta.io

I guess Nim may have a svg library but I haven't checked yet. Nim compiles to C. -- Protegido com Tuta Mail: https://tuta.com/free-email 15/03/2026, 17:47 por lmemsm(a)gmail.com: > This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check > out editors such as Inkscape > https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit > https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG > vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like? > > librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a > lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a > great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I > would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks. > > Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, > imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to > graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can > output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG > format. > > I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf > I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm > fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low > dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

March 15, 2026

Document Freedom Day Countdown - SVG format

by LM

This week's #DocumentFreedomDay2026 OpenDocument format is SVG. Check out editors such as Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ and SVG-Edit https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/ for ways to create your own SVG vector graphics. What SVG projects do you like? librsvg is a popular C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by SDL_image & FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks. Imagemagick and graphicsmagick have support for SVG. Last I tested, imagemagick had better support. Adding better SVG support to graphicsmagick would be a useful project. Programs like abcm2ps can output to SVG and imagemagick can convert that to a viewable PNG format. I used nanosvg with my Tuxmath patches and with a GPL version of mupdf I've experimented with to add lighter and better SVG support. The ggwm fork of jwm used nanosvg to add SVG support to a lightweight, low dependency window manager. Know of any other fun SVG projects?

March 15, 2026

Re: 💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!

by LM

On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM Anselme Mballa biloa wrote: > On peut envoyer ce message au grand public ? We posted the information to the social media accounts and to the DFF web site: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dff/blog/call-for-volunteers-digital-freedom… Feel free to share the link if you know someone interested.

March 8, 2026

Re: 💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!

by Anselme Mballa biloa

On peut envoyer ce message au grand public ? Mballa Biloa Anselme Directeur technique mballabiloa(a)gmail.com +237 695510728 <+237695510728> +237 674028835 <+237674028835> Douala,Cameroun cathywelly.com <http://www.cathywelly.com/> <http://www.cathywelly.com/> <https://www.facebook.com/cathywelly8> Le contenu de cet e-mail est confidentiel et destiné au destinataire spécifié dans le message uniquement. Il est strictement interdit de partager toute partie de ce message avec un tiers, sans le consentement écrit de l'expéditeur. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, veuillez répondre à ce message et suivre sa suppression, afin que nous puissions nous assurer qu'une telle erreur ne se reproduise plus à l'avenir. Le sam. 7 mars 2026, 12:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn (Digital Freedom Foundation) < jurgen(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> a écrit : > Hi Friends of Digital Freedoms, > > Software Freedom Day has grown significantly over the past few years: from > 23 registered events in 2023 to over 100 locations last year. We've been > building relationships with bloggers and sponsors across the FOSS > ecosystem, and we're excited to be sending even more swag this year. > > From the beginning, we've agreed that active board members don't need to > commit indefinitely. With that in mind, we're now looking for fresh > volunteers to help us take Software Freedom Day even further in the coming > years. We're looking for new board members willing to commit for at least > one year, and also volunteers for specific tasks. > > *Want to join the board? Core responsibilities include:* > > - > > Taking collective decisions on how to shape Software Freedom Day and > the other DFF events in the upcoming years > - > > Attending our monthly online board meeting (typically around one hour, > occasionally up to 90 minutes) > - > > Being present in the DFF Matrix channel throughout the year > - > > Helping prepare meeting agendas and taking notes > - > > Managing our budget, handling sponsor invoicing, and ensuring > financial transparency > - > > Helping determine and establish the long-term legal structure and home > of the foundation > - > > Setting the annual SFD date, coordinating swag logistics, and keeping > the event registration platform running for local organizers > - > > Upholding and enforcing our code of conduct > > The board is not something for you? But you still *want to help?* We'd > love additional help with any of the following. If you have something else > to offer, don't hesitate to share your ideas! > > - > > Finding and approaching global sponsors > - > > Reaching out to local teams and encouraging early registration > - > > Writing blog posts on the website > - > > Participating in social media > - > > Maintaining our online infrastructure (Nextcloud, mail, Joomla site, > VPS) > - > > Helping with press outreach and partner organization relationships > > We work in English as our common language, though most of us are not > native speakers. So no need to worry about that. If you're interested or > know someone who might be, please get in touch. > > We'd love to hear from you! Mail us at board(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org > before April 4th. > > Warm regards, > Laura, Chris, Joe, Ruwan, Jurgen > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

March 8, 2026

💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hi Friends of Digital Freedoms, Software Freedom Day has grown significantly over the past few years: from 23 registered events in 2023 to over 100 locations last year. We've been building relationships with bloggers and sponsors across the FOSS ecosystem, and we're excited to be sending even more swag this year. From the beginning, we've agreed that active board members don't need to commit indefinitely. With that in mind, we're now looking for fresh volunteers to help us take Software Freedom Day even further in the coming years. We're looking for new board members willing to commit for at least one year, and also volunteers for specific tasks. *Want to join the board? Core responsibilities include:* * Taking collective decisions on how to shape Software Freedom Day and the other DFF events in the upcoming years * Attending our monthly online board meeting (typically around one hour, occasionally up to 90 minutes) * Being present in the DFF Matrix channel throughout the year * Helping prepare meeting agendas and taking notes * Managing our budget, handling sponsor invoicing, and ensuring financial transparency * Helping determine and establish the long-term legal structure and home of the foundation * Setting the annual SFD date, coordinating swag logistics, and keeping the event registration platform running for local organizers * Upholding and enforcing our code of conduct The board is not something for you? But you still *want to help?* We'd love additional help with any of the following. If you have something else to offer, don't hesitate to share your ideas! * Finding and approaching global sponsors * Reaching out to local teams and encouraging early registration * Writing blog posts on the website * Participating in social media * Maintaining our online infrastructure (Nextcloud, mail, Joomla site, VPS) * Helping with press outreach and partner organization relationships We work in English as our common language, though most of us are not native speakers. So no need to worry about that. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you! Mail us at board(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org before April 4th. Warm regards, Laura, Chris, Joe, Ruwan, Jurgen

March 7, 2026

Please register your DFD events

by LM

A quick reminder, #DocumentFreedomDay2026 is March 25th. Please be sure to add your local event to the official event list: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd/archive?view=list You can also check for events in your area to attend or virtual events to join. Please join us in celebrating #DFD2026.

March 7, 2026

Document Freedom Day - Free Document Format countdown - EPUB

by LM

Welcome to today's #DFD2026 countdown. The Free format for this week is EPUB, the Open Standard for ebooks. It's very easy to create your own ebooks. All it takes is a text editor to produce HTML and XML files and a zip tool to store them. If you don't want to learn HTML and XML coding, you can use Free Software like Scribus to design and generate EPUB formats for you. Calibre can organize your ebook library. Bard incorporates FLite Text-To-Speech to read ebooks aloud to you.

March 7, 2026