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virtual planning meeting
by LM May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025

I contacted the Free Software Foundation to try to see if there was anyone in my area interested in helping to plan or attend a local Software Freedom Day event. They're trying to renew support for their local groups for the FSF 40 celebration. I think this would be a great opportunity to join forces between local FSF groups and SFD organizers and a chance to celebrate both occasions. The FSF is trying to revitalize local groups in my area, so I told someone at the FSF that I would host a virtual planning meeting for my local area and see if anyone would like to attend. The virtual meeting is May 31st, 2025 at 11 AM Eastern via Jitsi: https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay The agenda is to brainstorm ideas for SFD, FSF 40 and to talk about Free Software in general. I realize most SFD list members aren't near each other or near me, but if anyone would like to attend and brainstorm ideas or just talk about Free Software in general, you're welcome to join the virtual meeting.

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Please spread the word about Software Freedom Day 2025
by LM May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

Help us spread the word about #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. We want to make this year's celebration even bigger and better than last year. To do so, we need your assistance. Please share information about Software Freedom Day on social media. You can boost posts, write an article, make a podcast or video or use any other creative ideas you may have to let everyone know about this global celebration. Guest bloggers are welcome to share their #SFD stories at https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog We're using hashtags #SFD2025 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2025 this year on social media. Join us in promoting #SFD2025 events and advocating for Free Software by sharing and boosting posts with these hashtags. Thank you.

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Design the Software Freedom Day 2025 Mascot with Free Software – Huion Challenge now open!
by LM May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025

Greetings. Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome. --- What’s in it for you? --- Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets --- How to take part --- 1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide. --- Need inspiration? --- Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be! --- Why join? --- * Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further. --- Your mission right now --- Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone. Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck! Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board

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Software Freedom Day 2025
by LM May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025

With Document Freedom Day 2025 and Hardware Freedom Day 2025 officially over, we're gearing up for Software Freedom Day 2025 on September 20th. If you're hosting a local Software Freedom Day event in 2025, please register it at https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd To register an event, please go to: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd Log In. Mouse over the Software Freedom Day item in the top menu and select Events from the drop down. If you don't already have an account on the digitalfreedoms.org site, register here: https://digitalfreedoms.org/log-in?view=registration If you're holding your event at a new location, use the Add Location option. Any questions? Find us on matrix channel #SoftwareFreedomDay or ask on this mailing list. We're using hashtags #SFD2025 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2025 this year on social media. Hope you'll join us in getting the word out about our events. Please help us to make Software Freedom Day a bigger and better event this year.

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Ready for Software Freedom Day 2025? Register Your Local Event Today!
by LM May 7, 2025

May 7, 2025

Software Freedom Day (#SFD2025) returns on Saturday, the 20th of September, 2025. As always, it's the third Saturday of September. It’s the perfect occasion to spotlight Free, Libre and Open Source Software in your community whether through a workshop, hackathon, installfest or celebration. Why act now? The earlier you act, the more impact you have. Lock in the date Add a recurring reminder for every third Saturday of September, so your team never misses SFD again. If the exact date doesn't work for you, pick something in the days (or weeks) leading up to or after the official date. Compare SFD to a birthday party: it doesn't necessarily need to be celebrated on the exact date. Register your event Head to the Digital Freedom Foundation web site and submit your details right away: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/documentation/how-to-register (Log in or create an account if you haven’t done so yet.) Claim limited-edition swag Three events are already on the map. Don't miss your chance. Early registrants have the best odds of scoring sponsor-funded swag packs! First come, first served. Stay in the loop Join the discussion on this mailing list. Receive up-to-the-minute news. Invite others to do the same: https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ Expect a short weekly update between now and SFD. Each features a new tip, resource or success story. There’s never been a better time to highlight the real-world impact of Software Freedom. Rally your volunteers, choose your venue and register today. You can fill in the details later. Together, we can make SFD 2025 the most inspiring celebration of Free Software to date. Join us in shaping the future of Software Freedom. Enroll your event now and add it to the global map! Together, we’re building a movement that empowers communities worldwide. All the best, The Software Freedom Day Team Digital Freedom Foundation

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Re: Hardware Freedom Day
by LM April 19, 2025

April 19, 2025

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM, Zac wrote: > Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that teach > about the importance of open and free hardware? Was going to wait until the 19th to post links, but maybe this will inspire some ideas for celebrating Hardware Freedom Day. This is a list I put together a while back on Open Hardware and Software for smart watches: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/26300.html This is my list of off-grid hardware and Open Hardware for emergencies: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech I'd love to get together on Saturday virtually and have a short open discussion on Open Hardware technology and what's useful for emergency situations. If anyone would be interested in participating, let me know and we can try to set something up. This is a list of Open Hardware resources by Paul Sutton: https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/hfd Looks like archive.org has several resources (journals, videos, etc.) on Open Hardware. Another interesting link on Open Hardware: https://www.beagleboard.org/blog/category/open-hardware I've also done some research on personal assistants. I was mostly looking at software, but it would be nice to use Open Hardware for a project like that and there may be some projects out there doing that. Here's my list of CAD and 3D printing resources: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/13927.html Some public libraries have 3D printers and some users' groups have members with 3D printers. There are groups online that share 3D printing designs using CC and other open licensing. Maybe creating a simple project using a 3D printer would be an entertaining way to celebrate Open Hardware Day. Anyone have other Open Hardware resources to share?

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Hardware Freedom Day
by LM April 13, 2025

April 13, 2025

It's hard to believe that Hardware Freedom Day ( https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd ) is less than a week away on April 19th, 2025. Will you be attending a Hardware Freedom Day event this year, either in person or online? What are some of your favorite Open Hardware projects? We'll be sharing some of our favorites on April 19th, 2025. Please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day 2025 by sharing posts and articles about Open Hardware and #HFD2025 via social media, personal web sites and blogs. Thank you and have a wonderful Hardware Freedom Day 2025.

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Document Freedom Day 2025
by LM March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025

Hope you had a great Document Freedom Day 2025 wherever you are in the world. Here's a link to a post from The Document Foundation developers of LibreOffice on Celebrating Document Freedom Day: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/26/celebrating-document-fr… I'd love to hear how you celebrated Document Freedom Day today. Please share updates on any events you attended and what you thought of them. Next up is Hardware Freedom Day, April 19th. After that, it's time to start gearing up for Software Freedom Day in September. Who's planning an event this year? Thanks to everyone who participated in Document Freedom Day 2025.

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Re: Firefox's changes and Document Freedom Day
by LM March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025

I'm glad Marcos Marado is highlighting some of the issues with Free, Libre browsers. This is a great topic. Small distribution developers and many who like to build their own software from source have been uneasy about how difficult it is to build a web browser and how few choices there are for web browsers that can render modern web pages. I've been looking for lower dependency alternatives to the more popular browsers for several years. Seems like the situation just continues to get worse. Also, I feel the transfer of standardization from the W3C to the main web browser developers themselves was not a step in a positive direction for simplifying web protocols or making web browser development more accessible. If anything, they've made it harder for new and independent web browser projects to come up with anything that can compete with the major players. I put together some notes on web browser alternatives. If anyone's interested, I can share the link. I do have a list of web browsers that aren't based on the main web browser libraries. If anyone has suggestions to add to the list, feel free to let me know.

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Hiya!👋
by Zack Fosdyck March 2, 2025

March 2, 2025

Hi All! Just writing to inquire if anyone knows of any good printable documentation to share for Document Freedom Day. Do yah? 🤪 Thanks & Take Care Now, Zac

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