Start planning for Software Freedom Day 2008!
September 20th, 2008. Start planning your Software Freedom Day event for 2008. Registrations for teams will open early 2008.
Results from SFD 2007 Competition accounced
Many congratulations to the three winning teams of the SFD 2007 Best Event competition, FOSS Nepal, SFD Nicaragua and Beijing Software Freedom Day! All winners details as well as the highly commended entries are available on the winners webpage. Thank you to everyone for your excellent entries. It was a tough decision and fantastic to see so many great examples of taking Software Freedom to the streets!
Over 330 teams celebrated Software Freedom Day in 2007
Could all Software Freedom Day teams please fill in this short report form so we can collect numbers for SFD 2007. Thank you! 
Bringing software freedom to a street near you
Software Freedom Day is 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. Local teams from all over the world organise events on the third Saturday in September. The most recent event involved over 200 teams from all over the world.
Latest News
Software Freedom International going for United Nations recognition
The Software Freedom International Board are pleased to announce that they will be pursuing formal United Nations recognition of Software Freedom Day as a day of international importance for 2008! We are looking for people interested in assisting with this process, so please contact us at info at softwarefreedomday.org if you want to be involved.
Interview with Mark Shuttleworth for Software Freedom Day
"I have had comments and emails and reports from people all over the world who have been introduced to Free Software through ... Software Freedom Day." Thanks Mark! A great interview from Mark Shuttleworth for Software Freedom Day 2007.
Teams preparing for SFD 2007
As the teams prepare for Software Freedom Day 2007, they are sending news and tidbits, like this gorgeous photo, to the teams mailing list.
Updated ISO of TheOpenCD available for SFD
We've got a version of TheOpenCD updated with all the latest installers, it can be downloaded from the sourceforge mirrors system, please grab a copy and help us test it.
Download TheOpenCD SFD2007 Edition
Put SFD 2007 in your diary!
The date to remember for the next SFD is Saturday 15 September 2007. We're currently putting together plans for this event, so please check back here or join the mailing list to hear what's happening.
T-Shirts For 2007
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The t-shirt design has been decided on! The 2007 registered teams will be receiving limited numbers of T-shirts, and you can buy more here. Teams can get the team discount by emailing info at softwarefreedomday.org. Normal shirts are $30 each and teams get them for $15 each.
On the back of the 2007 t-shirts is our missions statement-"Software Freedom Day - empowering all people to freely connect, create and share in digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable."
Winners of the SFD 2006 competition
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The SFD 2006 event hosted by LinuxChix at Mutare University, Zimbabwe, won the Best Event category |
The results of the SFD competition have been announced - congratulations to the winners, and thanks to those who submitted entries!
More News
For More News. And check out the archives for previous events!
More Resources
SFD Mailing Lists
We now have three mailing lists:
SFD-announce - low-traffic announcement list (sponsorships, competitions,etc)
SFD-discuss - join up to hear discussion from around the world about SFD events
planning-es - the spanish mailing list for team planning
Please join the SFD-announce list to keep up to date on what's being organised for the next SFD event.
Open Letters For Use in Your Community
We've got a starting point for an open letter that anyone can personalize and send to a local educational institution. An open letter to the government has also been created, but it needs your input!
Press and Marketing Materials
Find some useful press releases done by other teams and contribute your own press coverage on the Press page and find other useful marketing resources on the marketing page.
Artwork
You can use the SFD 2007 logo for your promotional material, or else take a look at all the logos, T-shirt designs and posters which have been contributed at Artwork. We have recently added a couple of images with Spanish at the bottom of this page.
Previous Software Freedom Days
If you want to see what happened in previous years, check out the team archives and see the news items from SFD 2005. If you want to find out what previous years' teams found worthwhile and what not, take a look at lessons learned.
You are welcome to participate! Our StartGuide has some pointers on how to join the SFD celebration.
