Manresa conference at the software freedom day 2016 event in the superior. Software freedom day is a celebration of free software organized by 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. Its a great day to celebrate software freedom and to. Sep 16, 2016 its a great day to celebrate software freedom and to educate your friends and colleagues about the importance of free software. Software freedom day in international calendar calendarlabs. Software freedom day is an event where free software enthusiasts, students from college and. Why do most supercomputers use gnulinux presented in 2016 software freedom day celebration held in tehran sfd website. By wilson andrews, kitty bennett and alicia parlapiano updated june 17, 2016. The event was amazing and more exciting than i had expected it to be.
Software freedom day 2016 celebrate at ncit, saurya paudel. Software freedom day celebrate software freedom day. Home about the day themes for 2016 wpfd 2015 concept note programme side events speakers practical information background materials partners and support youth news room insights for you to share. Software freedom day 2018 is observed on saturday, september 16, 2018 image. Shubham ghimire chief operating officer open knowledge. This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Software freedom day 2016 as being celebrated in ncit college, balkumari nepal.
Sfd india 2016 was sponsored by us and it was organised at our mumbai office on 17th september 2016. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free. Software freedom day is a worldwide celebration of foss free open source software that aims to enlighten computer users who do not know about the foss alternatives. To create your team page find your country and cityregion or create one if it does not exist yet. Nick mathewson from tor project software freedom day in. This program is for everyone, so put your active participation on it. Subhashish panigrahi who was a part of the event, reports the developments. Software freedom day in 2020 is on the tuesday, 15th of sep 9152020. American printing house for the blind and freedom scientific. Yes, it is the day of freedom and liberty which we call as software freedom day. Software freedom day 2020 is observed on saturday, september 19, 2020.
Realclearpolitics election 2016 favorability ratings. Poste le 19 novembre 2016 par rached alaya aucun commentaire v. This sfd wiki is organized by the digital freedom foundation dff. For this day it is hoped that people across the globe will be holding events and passing out free software cds to passers by. Lets start with one of my favorite events, software freedom day 2016, which was held at agarwal vawan, kamal pokhari last saturday.
Ive had the pleasure and the privilege, for the last 20 years, to be either a volunteer or employee of the two most important organizations for the advance of software freedom and users rights to copy, share, modify and redistribute software. Software freedom day, sfd is an annual worldwide event celebration of free and open source software foss. Create a wiki account if you dont already have one 2. This way we will be able to keep oversight of where a team is located and others will be able to find a team in proximity easier. Software freedom day 2016 sept 17, 2016 cute calendar. It is similar to other freedom days, namely software, hardware and culture freedom day. Andrews spearheaded the growth of the australian open government community by organising events such as. Yes, the primary step in that would be the institutions. Kuhn is the policy fellow and hackerinresidence at software freedom conservancy and editorinchief of. The primary objective of the community is to promote and diversify. Software freedom day 2016, kathmandu by foss nepal community lead by mr. I and some of my college friends were very happy to be a part of the event. The following resources will assist schools in meeting federal legislation regarding constitution day and act 682 of 2003, and. Free software and open source are social movements that celebrate the freedom and independence of people who use software.
Celebrate freedom week miamidade county public schools. Its an advocacy event whose the primary motive is outreach promoting free and open source software to. Software freedom day 2019 is observed on saturday, september 21, 2019 software freedom day 2020 is observed on saturday, september 19, 2020 wondering where we find all of these days, or if they re even real. But, what is the difference between a primary and a caucus. Dates for freedom day south africa, 2020, 2021 and other years. Saturday, september 17th, 2016 is the thirteenth annual software freedom day sfd. Nick mathewson from tor project presented in 2016 software freedom day celebration held in tehran sfd website. Software freedom day event in melbourne on 16 sept. Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open. In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after russias interference in the 2016 u. We are celebrating sfd this year 2016 at free software hardware movement puducherry by exhibiting stalls on open. December 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message. Key charities that advance software freedom are worthy of your.
Ive enjoyed having a day job as a conservancy employee since 2011. Like every year, free and open source software foss nepal community is going to organize software freedom day 2016 on september 17, 2016. Grace hopper, margaret hamilton, richard garwin named for. This year, a small group of six of us gathered to celebrate sfd in the indian city of bengaluru. Nov 17, 2016 somewhat hidden among athletes, actors, and musicians, three giants of technology have been aptly named as 2016 presidential medal of freedom recipients. We hope you can choose to do many of the options we listed in our poll to help celebrate foss on software freedom day, but even if you can only do one that will be a great benefit to the community. Software freedom day software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software. Miamidade county public schools mdcps is committed to helping all students develop the values and strength of character needed for them to become caring, responsible citizens at home, school, and in the community. Software freedom day was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year.
Software freedom day 2017, nosk ncit time and update. Medical devices software testing overview agile med dev. A team url will be countrycityteam or countrystatecityteam when it makes sense. So this year on 17th september, sfd is being celebrated all over the world including nepal with the. Press kit selected press coverage previous celebrations photo galleries world press freedom day 2016 recordings world press freedom day 2016. The primary objective of the community is to promote, develop and diversify the usage of freeopen source software in nepal.
Friends of simon wiesenthal center fswc is proud to launch our new website. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized by digital freedom foundation. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software organized. The primary goal of this celebration is to educate the public about the beneficial facts of using a high quality free and open source software in. Engineering life at ncit on the occasion of software freedom day 17th september 2016. The winner of that election then goes on to run in the general election against the nominees of the other parties. The software freedom law center invites counsel, developers, enterprise users, and other members of free and open source software foss communities to join us once again for our free annual conference to explore legal issues surrounding foss, held at columbia law school on friday, november 1st, 2019.
Software freedom day sdf is going to be organized at nepal college of information technology ncit, balkumari, patan lalitpur on 17 th september, 2016, saturday at 9. In 2016 dff has taken the responsibility of running the document freedom day to. More than 3,000 students from schools across the greater toronto area join fswc every year for an inspiring educational event dedicated to preserving the legacy of holocaust survivor simon wiesenthal and his passionate pursuit. Freedom day on 27 april is an annual celebration of south africas first nonracial democratic elections of 1994. September 19, 2020 software freedom day is one of the worldwide celebrations held by digital freedom foundation dff, an npo that focuses on promoting free software, open hardware, and access to knowledge via technology. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free.
Wondering where we find all of these days, or if they re even real. Freedom on the net is a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 65 countries around the globe, covering 88 percent of the worlds internet users. It tracks improvements and declines in governments policies and practices each year, and the countries included in the study are selected to represent diverse geographical regions and types of. Iowa caucus election results 2016 the new york times. Screenshot from sfd website software freedom day sfd, which celebrates the use of free and open software, is just around the corner on september 17. Kuhn began his work in the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became an early adopter of linuxbased systems, and began contributing to various free software projects, including perl. A small group of 6 foss contributors from communities such as mozilla, wikimedia, mediawiki, open street map and users of foss solutions gathered in bengaluru to celebrate software freedom day. On software freedom day, teams of enthusiasts hold local events to educate their local communities, supported by the parent organisation, software freedom international, and sponsors such as canonical and the free software foundation. Election results from the iowa caucus, part of the 2016 presidential campaign. Now it is going to be conducted on 17 th september 2016 in kathmandu, nepal.
From aparri to zamboanga, we the mozilla philippines community celebrates software freedom day. Testing is the time when you will show your true colors. Forming a local sfd team can be a fun, effective community building experience for your local user group and community. Key charities that advance software freedom are worthy of. This important day marks the time that south africa broke longstanding boundaries created by apartheid with its first ever democratic election. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute on 3rd saturday of every september. We never use tertiary sources people commenting on. Sep 17, 2016 over a hundred registered events across the world for software freedom day 2016. Eric damery, vp software product management, freedom scientific and dr. Celebrate freedom week elementary character education activities to support. So your participation is highly appreciated on this program.
Software freedom day 2018 is observed on saturday, september 15, 2018. Software freedom day sfd is a global event held on 3 rd saturday of september every year. Software freedom day is a global celebration of free and open source software foss. It is significant because it marks the end of over three hundred years of colonialism, segregation and white minority rule and the establishment of a new democratic government led by nelson mandela and a new state subject to a new constitution. Fight for freedom and democracy day is a public holiday. Bucharest, romania and hong kong, china for its continuous and growing effort to spread awareness on free software among romanian speakers with the occasion of the international days run by the digital freedom foundation, funda. The digital freedom foundation is very happy to announce that today is software freedom day. Software freedom day free printable 2020 monthly calendar. As part of the celebrations of software freedom day 2016, has compiled a selection of some of the best, yet totally free, software thats available for the mac, collected together on a single dvd, called spotlight on foss 2016 plus a bonus video and a copy of the appleusers spotlight software freedom day 2016. Bdale served as an hp fellow in the office of the cto until 2016 where he led. Engineering life at ncit, sfd 2016 at balkumari youtube.
Software freedom day 2018 free printable 2020 monthly. Education freedom day efd is an international event launched by the digital freedom foundation in 20. Its september, and that means its time for software freedom day. Is fight for freedom and democracy day a public holiday. Software freedom day is an outreach day where you can inspire newcomers with the values and quality of free software and communicate the broader issues of software freedom through a variety of activities of your choice. Key charities that advance software freedom are worthy of your urgent support.
You can head towards the sfd 2019 map to find an event in your area or simply decide you run your own by follwing the steps below. Sep 25, 2016 so you wish to produce real quality medical device software. Kuhn this blog was crossposted on software freedom conservancys website. Craig meador, president, aph announced the unprecedented jaws and magic student licensing offer at the annual international technology and persons with disabilities conference, csun 2016. Richard stallman, founder of the free software foundation fsf, has created a brief, informative video about why software freedom is important to all. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Public ignorance was one of the primary roadblocks to public acceptance. Software freedom day 2016 being celebrated by foss nepal. Constitution day and celebrate freedom week resources 2016. There are many special days in ict like hardware freedom day, culture freedom day, the outline of free software, document freedom day, etc. Constitution day september 17 and celebrate freedom week september 2630, 2016 when september 17 falls on a saturday, sunday, or holiday, constitution day shall be held during the preceding or following week. Jan 25, 2016 key charities that advance software freedom are worthy of your urgent support. Additional project details registered 20110811 report inappropriate content.
We focus on primary sources original materials without opinion added but use secondary sources newspaper reports when no primary sources are available. For example, in a democratic primary, voters often but not necessarily registered as democrats would pick among democratic candidates for an office. Software freedom day puducherry gnulinux users group. En koedolug, the linux users group around tokyo, celebrated 2016s software freedom day on 17th sept. Almost every techie is aware about 3 rd saturday of september and specially those who love open source, it is obviously a special day.
Software freedom day is an international celebration with events organised by volunteers all over the world. Started in 2004 to promote free software with software freedom day, digital. Event organizer of software freedom day 2015, nepal engineering. Foss nepal community is a team of volunteers who believe in the usage of freeopen source software foss. Medical device imply that bugs cant happen in production, because lives are at. Fshmp free software hardware movement, puducherry has been celebrating sfd for the past 4 years. Video and audio recordings are available the software freedom law center invites counsel, developers, enterprise users, and other members of free and open source software foss communities to join us once again for our free annual conference to explore legal issues surrounding foss, held at columbia law school on friday, november 1st, 2019. It doesnt matter how much you directly participate in software freedom or what operating system you run, all that matters is that you would like to live in a world of software freedom where every individual can control the code that runs on their computer and the conditions under which it executes. It is organised to increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. When is the next software freedom day software freedom day 2019 is observed on saturday, september 21, 2019 software freedom day 2020. The free and open source software foss enthusiasts just celebrated the software freedom day sfd on september 17 all across the world. What will you to on september 19, 2015 to celebrate. I described what is sfd, and picked several random topic about free software movement and opensource. The schools emis number is 700400083 and postal address is p.
Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. The free and open source productivity suite keepass. Among them, one of the most unforgettable days for every ict lovers is software freedom day. The carolinas have purchased new machines, but are the pricey.
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