Mark your calendar, this Saturday, September 15th, is Software Freedom Day, a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal is to educate the public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS software.
The Software Freedom International organization has set up a website which coordinates SFD, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but the bulk of the work is done by (who else?) volunteer teams organizing local SFD events in their own communities around the world.
One of the SFI's main goals is to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards, and, as always, the free here means both free as in beer and free as in “libre.”
If you'd like to give something back to the FOSS community, or just want to support Software Freedom Day, check out the SFI's listing of events in your area. And, at the very least, raise a glass to all the hardworking FOSS developers this weekend.
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