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Planning a Software Freedom Day event?
by LM June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026

Share your topics and schedule ideas. Let's inspire each other. I'm considering hosting two virtual sessions for Software Freedom Day this year. That way, individuals like me who can't find enough people in their area to hold a local event can also participate in Software Freedom Day. The first session is going to be a general introduction to FOSS and some of the great FOSS programs that are available and will lead into an open discussion. So, those attending can talk about any aspect of FOSS that interests them. I'd like to hold a second session for people who are interested in building or learning how to build the FOSS programs they use from source code using a C/C++ compiler. I'm wondering if it's too much of a niche topic. However, I'd love to connect with other people who enjoy building the programs they use or are considering creating their own unique distro spins. Know of anyone who might be interested in that type of topic?

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Software Freedom Day 2026
by LM May 25, 2026

May 25, 2026

Are you hosting an event for Software Freedom Day 2026? Add your event to the official SFD map: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events?view=map The DFF will be shipping free swag to teams that register early. Do you have a social media account, blog or web site where you can post about Software Freedom Day and help us get the news out about the celebration this year? The official hash tags for this year are #SFD2026 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2026. We'll be watching social media and boosting posts with these hashtags. We'd be happy to promote your articles on Software Freedom Day. Just send us a link. Thank you.

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Re: Hardware Freedom Day 2026
by LM April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Julian Stacey wrote: > Too much breakage on that form: > - Unknown error acquiring position > So test with lots of browser inc. various old. > (people can have good reasons to not run latest browsers.) > - Button "Juegen" ?! = "Debug" ? If anyone's hosting any events for Hardware Freedom Day and is unable to add them to the DFF web site, please post about the event to this list. If you have a web page where you have more information, include the link in the information about the event. I would be happy to promote the individual events on the DFF social media platforms. I would also be happy to promote any articles or blog posts people make regarding Hardware Freedom Day 2026. I'm considering doing a virtual event like I did for Document Freedom Day so people who don't have a local event will have another way to participate. If anyone's interested in attending, let me know and I can share the information for joining the event. > I'll mention HFD to a maker event tonight > https://www.meetup.com/aachen-maker-meetup/ That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Laura

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Hardware Freedom Day 2026
by LM April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

Just a reminder that Hardware Freedom Day 2026 on April 18th is almost here. https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd It's a great time to get together with people in your neighborhood and discuss topics such as Right to Repair, creating Makerspaces, reducing electronic waste and reusing old computers and/or what to do when there's an emergency like a power outage or the Internet goes down. What are you doing this Saturday? Please share posts about Hardware Freedom Day on your favorite social media channels and blogs and include #HFD2026

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💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!
by Jurgen Gaeremyn (Digital Freedom Foundation) April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

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

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Document Freedom Day 2026 virtual event
by LM March 28, 2026

March 28, 2026

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

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Happy Document Freedom Day 2026
by LM March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

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.

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Document Freedom Day Countdown - SVG format
by LM March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

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?

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Re: 💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!
by LM March 8, 2026

March 8, 2026

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.

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💪 Software Freedom Day is growing, and so should our team!
by Jurgen Gaeremyn March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

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

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