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Celebrate CFD on May 19 Software Freedom International is proud to announce the launch of Culture Freedom Day and encourage everybody to join a CFD event! Simply check out this map to find out if there is an event nearby! Please also help us to spread the words by putting one of these nice banners or countdown in your blog or webpages. Happy CFD!

Celebrate CFD today!

The day to celebrate has finally arrived and we are proud to announce a total of 19 events worldwide with amazing programs for this first edition of CFD. Spreading on all continents and even in virtual worlds we hope that there is an event for you and if not, hopefully you can get ready for next year and have something running in your area.

We are already working with several organizations to try to make it easy to find free culture artists around the world and look forward to build on this successful beginning. So for now let's just enjoy the show and celebrate Free Culture together!

Welcome DFI!

2012 should see quite a few new things in what the organization behind SFD is doing. One of the first and important step to be able to proceed was to update the name under which we are doing what we are doing. While Software Freedom International remains our registered name we have added a Doing-Business-As name to reflect the changes to come to our non-profit organization: Digital Freedom International.

In doing so we have also created a new website (where content will come little by little) for our organization and finally given it a logo to strengthen our branding inside and outside our community.

 

Flickr Photostream (#softwarefreedomday)

Is there a SFD event nearby?

Software Freedom Day is an event with hundreds of teams from all around the world running local events to help their communities understand Software Freedom. One way of joining SFD is to join an existing SFD event. Check to see if there is already a team registered in your area. If there is one, you can always join them and help them to make their events successful. It's FUN to join SFD!

Helps are always in need to organize SFD :) you can help to design marketing materials, spread the words out, decorate the venue, take photos, demonstrate or present about Free Software in the event, etc. Feel free to check out the team map to find the SFD team in your local area!

SFD StartGuide can definitely help you out!

If you want to form a team and run an event, simply check out the SFD StartGuide (contributed by SFD team leaders), start pulling your team together and planning today! Perhaps there was an event in your area in previous years, you can definitely contact them and ask them to help!

All teams simply register online to be part of Software Freedom Day. Get your team leader to create your team page and then register the team. Make sure you update your SFD team wiki page so people can find you. If you have any problem of creating a team or organizing a SFD event, please feel free to join our IRC channel: #sfd-on-freenode or our mailing list at sfd-discuss (at) sf-day.org.

SFD@schools

Why don't you get your local school or college talking about Free Software this Software Freedom Day! Giving a talk to students, teaching a class, providing demonstrations of Free Software, showing films about Free Software, and handing out Free Software CDs are all great ways of engaging young people.

Free Software is a major part of most workplaces and provides the core of the world's most popular websites. Young people are greatly affected by the software that they use, and SFD is a great way to reach them. Contact your local educational establishment and ask them about paying a visit. Since SFD falls on a Saturday, try to make an appointment for a day either side of the weekend.

How did SFD begin?

Software Freedom Day (SFD) was initiated by a group of FOSS believers, Matt Oquist, Henrik Omma and Phil Harper with the idea of distributing The OpenCD to everyone.

The idea of SFD is for everyone without a vested interest in proprietary software to unite and educate the world about the ideals of Software Freedom and the practical benefits of Free Software. August 28th, 2004, was the first ever Software Freedom Day.

IRC Channel: #sfd @freenode

You want to share your ideas or experiences with other SFD teams? Welcome to join our Web IRC Chat and mailing lists here !

Who is SFI?

Software Freedom International (SFI) is run by a Board of Directors who meet regularly with an IRC conference to discuss various topics pertaining to regular activities of SFI and SFD.

How do you know about SFD?

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Software Freedom International (SFI) is the non-profit organization at the origin of SFD. SFI handles sponsorship contracts, official team registrations, sending out schwags to teams, the annual Best SFD Event Competition and many other things. Hundreds of teams around the world manage the local celebration and help to send out a global message. So do drop by and attend an SFD event nearby!

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