Software Freedom Day is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free software and open source software. Software Freedom Day Melbourne is on Saturday 18 September 2010, 11am–4pm at the State Library of Victoria.

“Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.” ... [read more]

Software Freedom Day is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free software and open source software. Software Freedom Day Melbourne is on Saturday 18 September 2010, 11am–4pm at the State Library of Victoria.

“Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.”
— Software Freedom Day vision statement

The day will feature a wide selection of inspiring presentations and interactive workshops. We welcome participants of all ages or experience levels. Many software-related community groups will also be exhibiting their projects. This is a great way to meet others and learn a little more about these important issues.

Topics for the day include:
- an introduction to free software
- installing GNU/Linux and how to use free software programs
- community knowledge and data projects such as Wikipedia and Open Street Map
- social problems such as software patents and digital restrictions management (DRM)
- public-standard formats such as Open Document
- hardware hacking with Arduino
- Creative Commons licensing to promote sharing and reuse

This is a free of charge event. Put the date in your diary now! We're looking forward to seeing you there.

http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/

The Software Freedom Day team acknowledges the kind support of State Library of Victoria (http://slv.vic.gov.au) and VicNet (http://vicnet.net.au/) in supporting this event.