Here we go again, Software Freedom Day @ Alexandria University will be held @ 23-8-2011 and will last for 3 days; the fun will start. Some ask what Software Freedom Day is; what’s our target; so let’s start with the term Open Source; what’s Open source? The aim of that event is to spread the culture of Open source and its concepts. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.
The event targets people interested in FOSS technology and principles but also -mainly- people who don't have any background, don’t know anything about open source but are willing to learn about it. We believe that providing the public with information about open source will increase the adoption of open source software and replace- to some extend - closed source software.
Our goal is to foster a general understanding of software freedom, encourage adoption of free software and open standards and celebrate software freedom and the people behind it.
By this we hope to increase the awareness of open source software among our community.
Our mission is to spread the word of open source in our city in every possible way, to give students the urge to learn, use, develop and share different open source technologies, to tell students about technologies that they would want to use and help them use it during this period.
Our mission is to spread the word of open source in our city in every possible way, to give students the urge to learn, use, develop and share different open source technologies, to tell students about technologies that they would want to use and help them use it during this period.
The event will last for three days starting from 23/8/2011 to 25/8/2011. The deadline for registration is next Friday 19/8/2011.
Cost : Free
Place : Bibliotheca Alexandria
Seats are limited so register ASAP
Registration Form:
For More Info:
Our Facebook Page
http://softwarefreedomday.org/
http://osum.sun.com/group/alexandriauniversityosum
If you have any problem don't hesitate to ask or send email to SFD2011.HR@gmail.com
Come and join us.
See you there.
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