As promised at the last BBLISA meeting (thanks a lot John, great talk, and your use of TiddlyWiki was way cool!), here is information on the Free Software Foundation Boston event I mentioned.
Some more detailed information is also up at: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is an international holiday dedicated to celebrating software freedom. New to GNU/Linux or just looking for some more tips on getting the most out of free software? We promise you'll learn something important if you attend. Boston's SFD will be a day-long public event focused on celebrating software freedom. Last year we had an awesome event in Boston at Encuentro 5 in Chinatown (http://www.encuentro5.org/home/) and we'll be returning there this year. The festivities start at 10am and we'll finish at about 5:00p. I hope you can join us because Walter Bender, the founder and executive director of Sugar Labs, is our featured speaker. He'll be talking about "Turtle Art," the free software platform that's part of the Sugar operating system. It started shipping on the OLPC in 2007 and is intended as stepping stone to LOGO for kids. Our campaigns team will be on hand to share the latest news about the Windows 7 Sins campaign (http://windows7sins.org/), our anti-DRM campaign Defective By Design (http://defectivebydesign.org/), the struggle for free video formats (http://playogg.org) and our work to stop software patents (http://endsoftpatents.org/). Plus, if Richard Stallman's flight back to the US isn't delayed, he hopes to make an appearance and have a chat. We'll be asking folks to participate in video documentary of this year's festivities. We're hosting workshops on the free phone of the future and free website building, so you may want to bring your phone or your laptop or both! Lunch is provided by us and lightning talks are provided by you. Software Freedom Day September 19th, 10am-5pm at Encuentro 5 33 Harrison Ave, floor 5, Boston, MA 02111 Feel free to contact [email protected] with questions or to RSVP, thanks! -- Daniel JB Clark | Sys Admin, Free Software Foundation pobox.com/~dclark | http://www.fsf.org/about/staff#danny
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