Software Freedom Day, Melbourne, Sat 19th September http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/melb
Squeak - Tansel Ersavas 12:30 Scratch&TurtleArt - Tony Forster 1:00 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:24:56 -0400 > From: Deborah Nicholson <members...@fsf.org> > Subject: [FSF] Turtles all the way down to the source code: FSF's > Boston Software Freedom Day event to feature Walter Bender > To: info-...@gnu.org, info-pr...@gnu.org > Message-ID: <1253053496.31389.43.ca...@ant> > Content-Type: text/plain > > BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 -- On > Saturday, September 19th, Boston's casual free software users and the > technologically curious will gather together for a Software Freedom > Day event hosted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). > > Software Freedom Day is the international holiday dedicated to > recognizing and promoting software that respects computer users' > freedom. While the FSF is hosting its day-long public gathering in > Boston, other teams all over the globe will be celebrating in their own > cities, towns and villages as well. > > Saturday's event schedule includes workshops, demonstrations, > lightning talks by attendees, and hands-on free software activism. In > addition, Walter Bender, the founder and executive director of Sugar > Labs, will be the morning's featured speaker. He'll be talking about > "Turtle Art," which is a fun and creative educational free software > activity for kids that runs in the Sugar environment on platforms like > the One Laptop Per Child project's XO. In the afternoon, Richard M. > Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and president of the FSF, will > speak to participants about how and why to make the move to free > software. > > "It's usually a relaxed affair, attracting both new and experienced > users from the community, getting together in the same space and > sharing tips and tricks," said Matt Lee, FSF campaigns manager. This > is the FSF's third year hosting a Software Freedom Day event in > Boston. > > The event will take place on September 19th from 10am-5pm, and > participation is open to the public at no charge. More info about the > schedule is available at > <http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day>, and RSVPs to > <members...@fsf.org> are appreciated. The location is in Chinatown at > the Encuentro 5 Community Center (<http://www.encuentro5.org/>), 33 > Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111. > > More information about other Software Freedom Day events around the > world can be found at <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org>. > > ### About the Free Software Foundation > > The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to > promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and > redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and > use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating > system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free > software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and > political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, > located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information > about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at > <http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. > > > ### Media Contacts > > Matt Lee > Campaigns Manager > Free Software Foundation > +1 (617) 542 5942 > <campai...@fsf.org> > > John Sullivan > Operations Manager > Free Software Foundation > +1 (617) 542 5942 > <campai...@fsf.org> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > info-fsf mailing list info-...@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf > > > End of info-fsf Digest, Vol 41, Issue 2 > *************************************** > > ----- Fin du message transf�r� ----- > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning
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