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good luck "Janet Hawtin"
by xolani Ndlovu 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

good luck "Janet Hawtin" i was also invited by the Bulawayo polytechnic marketing society to give a speech on IT in business today and my speech was titled OPEN SOURCE A BUSINESS ADVANTAGE. Lets shout out loud for software freedom. -- member of OpenSourceBulawayo

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Free SFD 2007 tshirts in Second Life
by Pia Waugh 16 Jul '07

16 Jul '07

Hi all, an Australia FOSS developer, Chris Yeoh has created a virtual SFD 2007 tshirt for anyone in Second Life. You can check it out at: http://www.ozlabs.org/~cyeoh/diary.cgi/2007/07/16#sfd07_virtual Cool work :) As people are doing their prep for SFD07 please feel free to share more ideas like this so everyone can join in the fun. (For the record, although the SL engine isn't FOSS yet, there is a GPL'd client, several parts of the rendering engine components and talk of the entire thing being GPL'd eventually. Plus it is an avenue into a large online community of people who can all learn about Software Freedom :) Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung

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Fwd: SFD Publicity - WIN TV interview
by Janet Hawtin 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

W00t! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Ruwoldt (wrk) <ruwoldtp(a)internode.on.net> Hi All I have been contacted by WIN TV for an interview re the SFD event at Grant High. The appointment is for 11:30am at the school. Hopefully we will get to talk about * what SFD is for, * why Grant High is hosting it and Penola High also gives out Open CD's to all students * the GTWT stand at the IT Techno Expo in Naracoorte on Aug 31st as a precursor to the SFD event and another way to check this stuff out If you happen to be at a loose end then maybe I'll see you there. If not hopefully someone has a way of making a digital copy of the news item when/if it is published. Cheers Peter -- Free and Open education for all Peter Ruwoldt Grant High School Hosking Avenue MOUNT GAMBIER SA 5290 P. 08 87263107 (Do not leave voice mail) F. 08 87250173 ruwoldtp(a)granths.sa.edu.au http://www.watiwara.com/

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Finding out what items are on the way
by Daniel Faulknor 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi, Is there any way to find out what, out of what we requested, is going to be sent to us? so we know what to purchase next to that. Thanks -- Daniel Faulknor

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SFD online store is up! Tshirts and TOCD packs
by Pia Waugh 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi everyone! As you all know, all teams that register prior to July 31st get some tasty SFD schwag to help make their events rock. We also now have the online store ready to go for teams that want to purchase additional tshirts or The Open CD packs! Remember, teams are also able to send a request for special consideration to the SFI Board to get extra goodies for free if they are unable to purchase more goodies but have a good case. So, the short of it is we're really pleased to announce our online store is ready to go! Tshirts are on there for AUD$30 but teams get them for AUD$15 each (AUD$15 = ~USD$12.50), and for the first time we also have The Open CD Packs (with 5 CDs) available for $25 ($12.50 for teams) so please ensure when you place any team orders that you tick the "Gift Voucher" box once you confirm your order which will apply the 50% discount before paying. The dicount code is: sfdt3@ms Don't worry about the "Redeem" button, it'll apply once you click Continue. Also, _ensure_ you also tick the "Comments" section of your order and add the size(s) you'd like and which team you are ordering for so we can bundle the new goodies in with your free SFD Team Pack! We'll then label the additional goodies such that you can determine who ordered more and which are the free schwag. The team discount only applies till 31st July, so get in quick! Payment options include Paypal (includes Visa, Mastercard and other credit options), Cheque and Bank transfers, although we don't recommend the bank transfers expect for large orders due to the SWIFT fees (unless you are in the US). Don't worry, you don't have to have a Paypal account to participate. If anyone has issues with the online store, please email info at softwarefreedomday.org Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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What does "Software Freedom" mean?
by Marcelo 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi, we are still trying to understand how to translate "Software Freedom Day" to Spanish, so let me ask another question: What does "Software Freedom" mean or refer to? I understand "Free Software", I'm just not sure how that's different from "Software Freedom", and if it's the same thing, why isn't the event called "Free Software Day" then? (providing an answer to that question would help a lot with translating it properly) Thanks! Marcelo

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Nombre del evento en español / Event name in spanish
by Leo Arias F. 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Buenas noches, Este mensaje va dirigido a los equipos inscritos que hablan español. En nuestro grupo (Costa Rica) nos preguntamos cuál es el nombre oficial del evento en español. Vimos que algunos de los grupos lo traducen como Día de la Libertad del Software, pero preferimos preguntar antes de hacer traducciones de los logos y comunicados de prensa y subirlas a la página. De paso, si alguno ha realizado algunas de estas traducciones les agradeceríamos que las compartan con nosotros. Pura vida ******* Good night, This message is intended to spanish speaking teams. On our group (Costa Rica), we were wondering which was the official event name in spanish. We saw that some teams translated it as Día de la Libertad del Software, but we prefer to ask before translating logos and press releases, and then upload them to the page. Talking about that, if somebody has done some of those translations, we would appreciate if you share them with us. Pura vida -- Leo Arias http://elopio.ticoblogger.com

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Nombre del evento en español / Event name in spanish
by Marcelo 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

> Bueno pues aca en Guatemala lo tenemos como el Dia el Software Libre [translation: here in Guatemala we use Free Software Day] A eso se debe nuestra consulta, pues "Dia del Software Libre" se traduce de vuelta al inglés como "Free Software Day" y no como "Software Freedom Day". [translation: that's the reason for our question, because "Dia del Software Libre" translates back to English as "Free Software Day" and not as "Software Freedom Day".] ¡Gracias! Marcelo

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SFD in Krakow, Poland
by Przemysław Kulczycki 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Hello to everyone! Cracow Linux Users Groups joins SFD Teams to celebrate Software Freedom Day in Kraków, Poland. On behalf of CLUG I would like to say Hi and wish a Good Luck to everyone involved! :) Greetz -- -\ Przemek Kulczycki <--> Azrael Nightwalker /- -/ #==> KNI AE <==> CLUG <==> Ubuntu-PL <==# \- -\ >> jabber id: azrael(a)jabber.autocom.pl << /- -/ > http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ < \-

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From Hanoi and wondering from the rest of asia
by David Tremblay 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

It's been 4 years now we started to do the SFD in Ha Noi (Viet Nam) while looking at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/map/2007 We started wondering why there's so few team in asia. If you have friends (or friends of friends) that live in the region. You should ring them and ask them to do something. I'm especially thinking of China who should have at least 2 teams. If you check more there's no team in north africa and none in Brazil. If you have friends there, ring them -- David Tremblay Information Technology for development analyst www.ngocentre.org.vn System Administrator Oxfam Québec *emails:* david(a)ngowiki.net // david(a)ngocentre.org.vn *Phones:* Mobile : 84-4-0912 474 995 SIP : 1-747-004-8537 skype : ict4ngo *Webs:* www.oxfam.qc.ca // http://blog.ngowiki.net // www.hanoilug.org *Messaging* jabber network :ict4ngo@jabber.org

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