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<b>Von:</b> Frederic Muller - DFF <fred@digitalfreedomfoundation.org><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> 19. September 2015 06:31:22 MESZ<br>
<b>An:</b> SFD announcements <sfd-announce@sf-day.org><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [SFD-announce] Celebrate Software Freedom Day today!<br>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Free and Open Source Software</strong>
has come a long way since its inception and while we're
celebrating <strong>SFD for the twelth time</strong>, the <a
href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">FSF</a> is celebrating
its 30th anniversary. Every software company now tends to use Free
and Open Source Software but unfortunately that has just set the
Software more as a commodity with very little benefit for
advocacy, education or awareness. And so, in a world with Free
Software used almost everywhere very few people notice or even
care.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a
href="http://www.softwarefreedomday.org" target="_blank">Software
Freedom Day</a> is here to tell people why we need to remind
ourselves of the importance of Software Freedom and to <strong>get
all the communities together to celebrate</strong> and introduce
their philosophy to newcomers. Probably more than ever we need to
go out and demonstrate the great many things that <strong>Free
Software has done and enables everyone to do</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">As usual <a
href="http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/map/index.php?year=2015"
target="_blank">events are listed on the SFD Map</a> and should
there be no event in your area you can always get together and run
one in the upcoming few weeks. On top of all the good things Free
Software brings we would also like to remind people that a good
way to get started can be through <a
href="http://www.outreachy.org" target="_blank">Outreachy, a
remote internships in Free and Open Source Software</a> open to
everyone regardless of their origins or differences. The <strong>next
round of internships is from December 7 to March 7</strong> with
applications <strong>deadline on November 2</strong>. This is of
course ideal for students in the south hemisphere as the program
requires you to be available 40 hours a week but also for anyone
either looking for a career change or applies what he/she has
learned in a real software environment.<br>
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<p style="text-align: justify">With all these years of experience we
are sure your events will shine. And if you're a little short of
ideas you can always refer to our <a
href="http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources">resources.</a>
One of note could be the <a
href="https://gooseberry.blender.org/">latest Blender movie
released end of August</a> maybe followed by a discussion of how
the Blender Foundation has been so successful over the years.<br>
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<p style="text-align: justify">Finally we would like to <strong>thank
all the people making SFD possible</strong> and that is <strong>our
sponsors</strong> like the <a
href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/"
target="_blank">Google Open Source Programs Office</a>, <a
href="http://www.linode.com" target="_blank">Linode</a>, the <a
href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">Free Software
Foundation</a> and our various <strong>supporters in the media
and community arena</strong>. But of course <strong>more
importantly all the various Free Software communities</strong>
from Google Developer Groups to Free Software Groups, GNU/Linux
User Groups and the various universities interested in Free
Software among them. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify">So, <strong>Happy Software Freedom
Day to all of you!<br>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Digital Freedom Foundation.<br>
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