Hi everyone, I'm writing to remind you that Software Freedom Day (SFD) is fast approaching, and you should invite yourself to create a SFD for your friends, colleagues and local community. Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is Saturday, September 19th, 2009!
I'm particularly writing to invite Boston locals to our SFD event (http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day) Boston 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) 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 freeing your smartphone 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 to the Boston event, thanks! Cheers, Deborah
