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Please register your DFD events
by LM March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

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.

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Document Freedom Day - Free Document Format countdown - EPUB
by LM March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

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.

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Software Freedom Day 2025
by LM March 1, 2026

March 1, 2026

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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Document Freedom Day 2026
by LM Feb. 3, 2026

Feb. 3, 2026

I can't believe how fast we're approaching Document Freedom Day, March 25th, 2026. If you'd like to host an event, please be sure to register so others can find it and join you. Here's an introductory page on where to find links related to Document Freedom Day: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd/blog/join-us-for-document-freedom-day-20… If you think of any other useful resources or information we can add to the page, please let me know. Also, I'm hoping to host a virtual get together to celebrate Document Freedom Day on the last weekend in March: https://gath.io/lV9mfDbSEVUA_epsmHq9t If anyone would like to volunteer to talk on a Free/Open format related topic, please contact me.

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Public Domain Day and Document Freedom Day
by LM Jan. 4, 2026

Jan. 4, 2026

Beyond 40 is having a virtual meeting today to celebrate Public Domain Day. Thought it might also be a good time to brainstorm ideas for Document Freedom Day. Feel free to join in: https://gath.io/XDKJ66FYl2ABCs2B1FktE

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Happy New Years
by LM Jan. 1, 2026

Jan. 1, 2026

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. May it be safe, healthy and prosperous. Happy Public Domain Day. We're gearing up for Document Freedom Day in March. Is anyone in the process of brainstorming ideas for a local or virtual event for Document Freedom Day? There is a discussion of some possible Document Freedom Day themes in the #DocumentFreedomDay channel on Matrix. Some hot topics that might be of interest include digital ids and formats useful for indie web development. I enjoyed our previous countdown to Document Freedom Day where we shared FLOSS programs that use Open/Free formats and discussed topics like emacs org mode and text todo files. Public domain and Creative Commons resources using Free document formats are a powerful combination. Let's get the word out to the world and help promote these and similar important resources on Document Freedom Day. Hope you enjoy Public Domain Day. Please share your favorite public domain and Document Freedom Day software or resources. Check out sites like Open Culture and Internet Archive to find some great multimedia. I also have a list of public domain source code projects: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/10325.html Best wishes.

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Hi all
by tom0854007838＠gmail.com Dec. 24, 2025

Dec. 24, 2025

I am a new user ^^

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Document Freedom Day 2026 - 25th of March
by Marcos Marado Nov. 25, 2025

Nov. 25, 2025

Hi friends! Document Freedom Day 2026 is going to be celebrated on the **25th of March**, in four months' time. The date was celebrated 18 years ago for the first time, but the issues it highlights are as relevant today as ever, if not more. Open Standards, Interoperability, avoiding vendor lock-in, or as it is nowadays called, "having digital sovereignty", these are daily topics more relevant to everyone, as more and more of our lives are digital lives. Do you have any plans or ideas on how are you going to celebrate the day? Do you plan to organize an event, or join an existing one? Feel free to brainstorm and share your ideas here on the mailing list, I'm looking forward to reading about what you have in mind! Best regards, -- Marcos Marado Digital Freedom Foundation

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Mascot Design Submission
by Mohamad Itaqi Nov. 10, 2025

Nov. 10, 2025

Dear Digital Freedom Foundation Team, My name is Mohamad Kamel Hafez Khaiata, from Aleppo, Syria. I’ve heard about the Huion Draw Challenge from TechnoLab Youth Team during the participation for Software Freedom Day 2025 in Aleppo, and here is my submission to the contest, with the artwork created in Procreate. I realize that it’s required to be created in a FOSS software, but I unfortunately don’t have any access to a PC to draw it on due to difficult circumstances. I sincerely apologize for the late submission as I had a power outage that held me back from submitting, I hope you consider my artwork in the judging process :) Below I attached the PNG version of the artwork, I can provide the 82 MB Procreate source file if needed too. No AI tools were used in the creation of it. Koa is a time-travellering honeybadger who travelled from the future to the early 2000s to promote the values of free and open source software: sharing knowledge and embracing innovation. He is brave, adventurous, and very passionate about his mission. Koa carries a disc and a flash drive on his waist as keychains, they act as quick access to FOSS software and grant him the ability to spread awareness regarding it more easily. He has logos of multiple iconic FOSS software splattered throughout his design—Godot on his left (robotic) arm acting as a gear to move it, Openshot as his belt, Inkspace symbol on his right shoulder, and Evince on his right leg. He carries the iconic open source symbol (the flipped “C”) on his back, and his mantle is shaped like a “C” shape. Thank you and I hope you consider it!

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Design the Software Freedom Day 2025 Mascot with Free Software – Huion Challenge now open!
by LM Nov. 10, 2025

Nov. 10, 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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