Registrations Temporarily Closed
As you can see our site is live again after some issues, but it's been moved to a different server and our registration system cannot be moved directly here; we are having to redesign the registration process before we can take Web registrations again. This has not interrupted our preparations to ship SFD supplies to you! T-shirts have already been shipped to secondary distribution points for Asia/Pacific, Europe/Africa, and the Americas. CDs, balloons, and stickers are set to follow shortly, and we will ship everything as planned. In the meantime, if you do need to contact us, please email info [at] softwarefreedomday.org with any comments or questions. -- The Board of Software Freedom International
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
More than 290 teams have already registered for SFD 2007!
Registration for the free SFD team packs (shirts, stickers, CDs, etc) has closed, however teams can still register to be counted as part of the official global event all the way up to 15 September. So what are you waiting for? Form a local team and register now! Otherwise you can support Software Freedom Day by buying CDs or T-shirts from our shop.
Check out the map of registered teams for an event near 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.
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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."
Be sure and check out the shop where you can buy more t-shirts.
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.
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 and the Forum
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
Please join the SFD-announce list to keep up to date on what's being organised for the next SFD event.
You are welcome to participate! Our StartGuide has some pointers on how to join the SFD celebration.
