Software Freedom Day
by Ruth Suehle
On September 15, more than 330 teams around the world held Software Freedom Day events as part of a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of software freedom and the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
This short video includes highlights from the SFD event held in Chapel Hill, NC, including Max Spevack’s Fedora talk and Mark Finkle from Mozilla.
Watch the video, then visit softwarefreedomday.org to learn more. Keep an eye on their web site and join their mailing lists to get involved with a 2008 Software Freedom Day event.
Download the video: [ogg]
October 4th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
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October 4th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
One correction… I believe you got Bevin’s last name wrong. It should be Tighe, not Nighe, I think. Check with Crístobal to make sure, though.
October 4th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
[...] Watch the video, then visit softwarefreedomday.org to learn more. COSI pushed hard to put on a big show, and Red Hat Magazine gave us some love for it. Do us a favor and check it out. Then do yourself a favor and check out some of our sponsors, like Dell, Red Hat, and OpenNMS. [...]
October 5th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Tanner – you’re right, thanks!
August 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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