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SFD - Goodies and stuff
by Pranav Kant Aug. 25, 2012

Aug. 25, 2012

We are celebrating SFD for the first time and came to know about this a little late. I just wanted to know if we register now, would there be any goodies or stuff sent to us to help us assist our SFD better. Regards, GLUG-NITH http://glug.nith.ac.in

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Countdown in Serbian and Russian
by Frederic Muller - DFI Aug. 24, 2012

Aug. 24, 2012

Hello all I would like to thank Zeljko and Eugene for respectively provide the Serbian (both Cyrillic and Latin) and Russian version of the SFD countdown. Be aware though that the banner size for the Russian countdown is slightly different: 159x89 instead of 160x90. I let you all go to the wiki countdown page to get the proper code for your language of choice: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown You'll note we have reached 15 different language versions so far this year. Yeah! Happy SFD preparation to all! Fred

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Writeup on shirt
by Seun Ojedeji Aug. 24, 2012

Aug. 24, 2012

Hello, We are considering printing shirts for our sfd. Looking at the sample for this year <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork>; Does anyone know what the content at the back is? i mean the writeup at the back of the shirt. Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji, Federal University Oye-Ekiti web: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng Mobile: +2348035233535 **alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng*

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Software Freedom Day Quiz
by Thyagu Aug. 22, 2012

Aug. 22, 2012

Hello there, Last year I compiled a set of 40 question on Free and Open Source Softwares for Software freedom day quiz. The compilation is available at http://pastebin.com/xqdJ3YJh regards, Thyagarajan Shanmugham

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FUOYE SFD 2012 – Invitation to Participate
by Seun Ojedeji Aug. 21, 2012

Aug. 21, 2012

Hello Kindly find below for your information and distribution. Also our flyer is hereby attached. <apologies for cross posting> *SFD 2012 – Invitation to Participate* *Information** **and** **Communication** **Technology** **Centre of The Federal University Oye Ekiti is organizing Software Freedom Day (SFD) in** * *conjunction** **with** **Computer** **Science** **Department.* The goal in this celebration is to educate the public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, government, home, business and everywhere. *The** **event** **is** **expected** **to** **attract** **software** ** programmer** **and** **enthusiast** **across** **the** **country.** **The** **event** is scheduled to hold from **10th** **to** **15th** **of** ** September.** **Below** **is** **the** **summary** **of** **the** **event.* *[Preconference** **Program]* *10Th** **to** **14th** **of** **September** **2012-** Pre**-conference** ** program:* - *Tutorial** **sessions** **/** **workshops* *There** **will** **be** **concurrent** **training** **session** **during** **this** **period.** **At** **present** **we** **have** **confirmation** ** for** **the** **following** **training/workshop:* - *Network** **Management** **and** **Monitoring** **Using** **FOSS* - *How to make money using FOSS - FOSS Business Model by ICT@innovation/GIZ Germany* - *Linux** **Essentials** **by** **Linux** **Professional** **Institute** * *(this** **includes** **an** **optional** **Certification** **Exam)* * * *15th** **of** **September** **is** **the** **SFD** **day** **and** **the conference** **will** **include** **the** **following:* - *Presentations (Call for paper submission is currently on going)* - *Exhibitions* - *Open** **discussions* - Social* **activities* *We do hope some of your staff and students in relevant department will attend and participate at this event. * *More information is on our website ** http://fuoye.edu.ng/discover-fuoye/eventsconferences/sfd-2012* Thank You -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji, Federal University Oye-Ekiti web: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng Mobile: +2348035233535 **alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng*

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Pictures-banners for our Facebook and Google Plus profiles
by Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) Aug. 21, 2012

Aug. 21, 2012

Hello, Since I'm not into graphics, can someone create a banner to add it to our facebook and Google Plus profiles? Those banners have different size as I understand. Check my facebook and plus profiles to understand what I mean. The banner can have something like "I celebrate SFD". How do you think about that idea? Have a lot of fun. Stathis -- http://about.me/iosifidis http://iosifidis.co.cc or http://eiosifidis.tk http://blogs.gnome.org/eiosifidis http://eiosifidis.wordpress.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eiosifidis Google+: http://bit.ly/IU5p3I Connect: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/diamond_gr Ένα γραμμάριο δράσης αξίζει ένα τόνο θεωρίας

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Goodies for SFD 2012
by stephen wanjau Aug. 17, 2012

Aug. 17, 2012

Hello Nice people! I am organizing to celebrate SFD day at my campus here in Kenya and I put up a request to receive some goodies subject to availability. Anyone privy to the progress regarding this? The event page on Wiki is at [1] below and it featuring among the top 200 at [2]. Any information regarding the goodies is highly welcome and appreciated. regards, Stephen 1. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Kenya/Juja/JLUG 2. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CategoryTeam2012 -- "If Wikipedia is good enough for the Archivist of the United States, maybe it should be good enough for you." - US Archivist ,David Ferriero. "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge." Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>

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SFD countdown
by Seun Ojedeji Aug. 16, 2012

Aug. 16, 2012

Just looking at the SFD site, i noticed the countdown are different. While that on top is reading 33days , the other(which is used by the community) s reading 34days. http://softwarefreedomday.org/en/blog/194-100-teams-registered- Cheers! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji, Federal University Oye-Ekiti web: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng Mobile: +2348035233535 **alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>seun.ojedeji(a)fuoye.edu.ng*

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Pictures-banners for our Facebook and Google Plus profiles
by Frederic Muller - DFI Aug. 16, 2012

Aug. 16, 2012

Hi! Seems I never got this email as well (found it while looking at the SFD site). We already have a collection of promotional banners available at: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Promote with all the source files available attached to the page making it easy to localize. You may also find those 2 pages of interest: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Marketing http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork Fred On 08/13/2012 07:27 AM, Stathis Iosifidis wrote: > Hello, > > Since I'm not into graphics, can someone create a banner to add it to > our facebook and Google Plus profiles? > Those banners have different size as I understand. Check my facebook > and > plus profiles to understand what I mean. > The banner can have something like "I celebrate SFD". > > How do you think about that idea? > Have a lot of fun. > Stathis

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the name of the game
by Ivan Shmakov Aug. 10, 2012

Aug. 10, 2012

[There were a few points raised, or hinted at, in planning-ru@, which I think may demand a wider audience. Below comes the first one.] It was observed that the Software Freedom Day is more than just occasionally called “Free Software Day” in Russian — a difference that's a bit hard to notice given that it's only a matter of suffix (or, rather, ending) there: “День /свободы/ программного обеспечения” (Software Freedom) vs. “День /свободного/ программного обеспечения” (Free Software.) It doesn't help that the “Free Software” variant of the name is used by certain teams (more or less consistently) since at least 2007 [1] (though “Software Freedom” appears since 2004 [2].) [1] http://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/2135552 [2] http://www.linux.org.ru/news/sco/642283#comment-642440 The proponents of the “Free Software” variant argue that “software freedom” is as much a nonsensical notion as “software slavery” is. It's said that it's the /user/ freedom that's at stake; and as it's Free Software that frees the user, the Day should be called after it. It should be mentioned that French and Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for SFD are seemingly titled after “Free Software”, too (though I'm by no means fluent in these languages): http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journée_du_logiciel_libre http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/День_Вільного_ПЗ Any comments? TIA. -- FSF associate member #7257 http://sf-day.org/

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