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Free Software Day Around The World

Posted by timothy on from the join-in dept.

depechemodem writes "In a follow-up to Microsoft Leaves U.N. Standards Group, it appears that it may have been in reaction to the UN's sponsorship of the 1st annual Software Freedom Day in which its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will educate Asian users on the benefits of Free and Open source Software (FOSS). FOSS promotes several high-profile applications including OpenOffice, Mozilla, MySQL, and Apache." An anonymous reader says of the U.N. effort, "Events will be organised in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam on Saturday, August 28th." According to another anonymous reader, "Go Open Source, funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation and HP, expects up to 10,000 visitors at the various Linux install-fests around South Africa this Saturday, says the Mail & Guardian."

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  1. Everybody sing along now! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Join us now and share the software;
    You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
    x2

    Hoarders may get piles of money,
    That is true, hackers, that is true.
    But they cannot help their neighbors;
    That's not good, hackers, that's not good.

    When we have enough free software
    At our call, hackers, at our call,
    We'll throw out those dirty licenses
    Ever more, hackers, ever more.

    Join us now and share the software;
    You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
    x2

  2. Re:Free World by Errtu76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would happen if other things in the world were free?

    i'd be drunk 24/7

  3. Re:Free World by beeglebug · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if budding designers and contractors demostrated their skills by building free pubic buildings?

    What, like short dark and curly houses?

  4. Re:Around the world? by HerbieStone · · Score: 4, Funny
    30 counties... dang, this freedomday is getting smaller by the second

    ;)

  5. Every day is free software day by Vandil+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to say it, but with BitTorrent and other various programs, every day is "Free Software Day".

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  6. Re:On a related note... by simcop2387 · · Score: 4, Funny

    GO GO SOURCE RANGERS, MIGHTY COMPILIN' SOURCE RANGERS!

    wouldn't that be us gentoo users? not mandrake ones?

    damn lameness filter!!!! from hells heart i stab at thee!

  7. Re:Slashdot FreeSoftware Day ? by Wudbaer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nonono ! This is all wrong ! Here on Slashdot we are supposed to talk about doing things, not actually do them !

  8. UN distro: "UN-ix" by ewg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the UN should sponsor their own Linux distribution. They could call it "UN-ix".

    Oh, wait a minute...

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