The day is celebrated to make the people more aware about the benefits of using foss in different spheres of life. The goal of hardware freedom day is to celebrate the spirit of open hardware and make more people aware of using and contributing to free and hardware projects. The decision to postpone the conference has been taken to minimize costs and risks for all involved, in the wake of the decision by the world health organization, announced on 11 march, to. My freedom day is over for 2020, but the fight against modern day slavery continues. Each international day offers many actors the opportunity to organize activities related to the theme of the day. Free software and open source are social movements that celebrate the freedom and independence of people who use software. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation. Hardware freedom day is an annual celebration organized by the digital freedom foundation. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Digital freedom foundation dff is a nonprofit organization now based in hong kong whose primary function is to coordinate software freedom day all around the world, all contributors to the success of sfd volunteer their time. The united nations general assembly designates a number of international days to mark important aspects of human life and history the comprehensive list of all days celebrated by the united nations and its specialized agencies is available here.
Started in 2004 to promote access to knowledge via technology, digital freedom foundation is the nonprofit organization behind different international days including software freedom day, education freedom day, hardware freedom day and document freedom day. Since 2006 software freedom day has been held on the third saturday of september, it has occasionally coincided with international talk like a pirate day. Software freedom day is a worldwide celebration and promotion of free software, open source software and related technologies. Join our secondary students by posting what makes you feel free on your social media accounts as. A day to focus on software freedom and reject proprietary. Software freedom day holiday celebration and observances in international calendar. Software freedom day at endurance india endurance international. Software freedom international, a nonprofit organization. Children at al faris international school in riyadh, saudi arabia, share what freedom means to. Send mail to if you want to help translate subtitles. National freedom day is an observance in the united states that honors the signing of a resolution that proposed the th amendment of the nations constitution on february 1, 1865. Software freedom day sfd is celebrated worldwide in. Intended to highlight the virtues of opensource and free software, the worldwide event is most popular in developing countries. Software freedom day 2009 free software foundation.
National freedom day in the united states time and date. Software freedom day in international calendar calendarlabs. Download and share these software freedom day 2020 greetings and wishes with your friends. This international event began in 2004 to spread awareness, encourage the use of, and to educate minds about free and opensource software. Software freedom day 2020 is observed on saturday, september 19, 2020. Day, i thought i would draw your attention to an event that celebrates. Take advantage of your right to relay credible information and write a social media post about something you strongly advocate for.
Find out the date, when is software freedom day 2018 and how many days until software freedom day 2018 with a countdown clock. Software freedom day provides a good opportunity to network with other software users andor programmers and discuss your favorite software. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software. September is the software freedom day month since 2005 and this year is no exception. Sep 19, 2015 s oftware freedom day is a worldwide celebration of free and open software foss. During the 2010 edition of software freedom day in the netherlands we promoted joomla with a stand and i gave a presentation about joomla for interested people. Sfd software freedom day, all acronyms, viewed april 7. On 19th september, 2015 the 11th annual event software freedom day was celebrated by the groups of software communities. The united nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in. Software freedom day, a global celebration of floss falls on this date. S oftware freedom day is a worldwide celebration of free and open software foss. Sfd will take place worldwide on september 16 project organizers say the event, designed to raise awareness about the benefits of using free software, is drawing more interest this year than ever before, with participation from 150 countries. Wondering where we find all of these days, or if they re even real.
The act is a significant development towards protecting international religious freedom as it. Pbsfg is hosting an event for international software freedom day on saturday, september 21, 2019. The software freedom law center provides legal representation and other law related services to protect and advance free and open source software. The inaugural 2004 software freedom day had around 12 teams. International religious freedom day recognizes the passing of the religious freedom act of 1998. Software freedom day is an international celebration with events organised by volunteers all over the world.
Software freedom day is 20 september open source initiative. Digital freedom international aka software freedom international is proud to announce it will start coorganizing software freedom days with one local team each year starting this year, and therefore we are inviting local organizers to submit proposals to host our upcoming sfd summit around september 15th 2012 it is suggested to host the. Pia waugh, president of software freedom international, says, we had about 180 teams last year, and this year we are expecting about 250. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized.
Oct 20, 2017 international religious freedom day recognizes the passing of the religious freedom act of 1998. Software freedom day history of software freedom day how to celebrate. Sep 20, 2008 a day to focus on software freedom and reject proprietary software. Software freedom day 2020 sep 19, 2020 cute calendar. Software freedom day 2018 is observed on saturday, september 15, 2018. The first hardware freedom day was held on april 20, 20. I plan to spend the whole day writing as much free software as i can get done.
Sunshine week was created by the american society of news editors and is now coordinated in partnership with the reporters committee for freedom of the press, but freedom of information isnt just a press issue. Software freedom day national and international days 2020. When software freedom day was started in 2004, only 12 teams from. Aug 16, 2006 the third annual software freedom day. Software freedom day is a great possibility to meet other open source projects, joomla users and a perfect way to tell people more about joomla. Ekokonnect celebrated the annual software freedom day sfd on 15th, september 2018, to increase the awareness of free and open source software and encourage its use. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free.
Software freedom international how is software freedom. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide education and celebration of freeopensource software. When is software freedom day national and international. Medias role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies, emphasizing the contribution of media and freedom of expression to sustainable development goals, the training session will offer indonesian youth handson training on. Software freedom day observed the third saturday of september. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality foss in education, in government, at home, and in business in short, everywhere.
Saturday is software freedom day at morris county library. Software freedom day sfd celebrates this important role of foss in making this change happen globally. About software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. In the past decade, free and open source software foss has become one of the major catalysts in increasing transparency by lowering the barrier to access the best software technologies. Dhurba, president of nepal engineering association nea. Software freedom day september 15, 2019 happy days 365. Software freedom international coordinates sfd at a global level.
Une invitation a vous rappeler ce quetre libre et liberte veulent dire pour vous. Aug 28, 2009 software freedom day 2009 by john sullivan contributions published on aug 28, 2009 12. The program get kicked off by the presentation of mr. Nov 10, 2015 software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss.
In line with the global theme of this years world press freedom day, critical minds for critical times. Sfd is a public education effort, not only to celebrate the virtues of freeopensource. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and. It will be a joint celebration of world press freedom day 3 may and the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists 2 november. As of last night we have a total of 58 events in 34 countries. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free. Day public domain day international day against drm, promoted by the free software foundation in its defective by design campaign. The day is celebrated to make the people more aware about. Celebrating software freedom day 2015 fedora magazine. Software freedom day in 2020 is on the tuesday, 15th of sep 9152020.
Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use sfd was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. These are the international days currently observed by the united nations. Today is software freedom day and heres why you should. Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Find more about software freedom on our about page. It is a cornerstone of democracy, enlightening and empowering people to play an active role in their government at all levels. The event themed why crack when its free was held at otunba ajayi okunnuga hall, lagos state university ojo cam.
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