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<h1> Celebrate Software Freedom Day in Boston! </h1>
<p>Save the date!
</p>
<p>On the afternoon of September 15, 2007, the Free Software Foundation
(<a href="http://fsf.org" class="external free" title="http://fsf.org"
rel="nofollow">http://fsf.org</a>),
BinaryFreedom (<a href="http://binaryfreedom.info" class="external free"
title="http://binaryfreedom.info" rel="nofollow">http://binaryfreedom.info</a>)
and Boston Free Culture (<a href="http://freeculture.org"
class="external free" title="http://freeculture.org" rel="nofollow">http://freeculture.org</a>)
are hosting a Software Freedom Day
(<a href="http://softwarefreedomday.org" class="external free"
title="http://softwarefreedomday.org" rel="nofollow">http://softwarefreedomday.org</a>)
event in downtown Boston.
</p>
<p>Please bring your friends and join us for talks, activities and
outreach in
support of software freedom. We'll be one node in a network of over 290
events
worldwide, and it's not often we get the chance to make that kind of
splash.
It'll be a great chance to meet other hackers and activists in the area
and to
make plans for how we can work for software freedom on a concrete,
local level.
</p>
<p>Let us know that you can come by emailing <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@fsf.org">info@fsf.org</a>, and keep
up-to-date or
even help us plan the schedule at
<a href="http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day"
class="external free"
title="http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Boston Software Freedom Day"
rel="nofollow">http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day</a>.
</p>
<p>Date: Saturday, September 15, 2007
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
</p>
<p>We'll have some refreshments and there is no charge to attend.
</p>
<p>Bring your computers and portable music players for help
installing and configuring free software on them, and for playing along
with the hands-on demos!
</p>
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<h2> Location </h2>
<p>In Boston's Chinatown:
</p>
<pre> encuentro 5
33 Harrison Street, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02131
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href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33+Harrison+St.%2C+Chinatown%2C+MA"
class="external text"
title="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33 Harrison St., Chinatown, MA"
rel="nofollow">map</a>.
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<h2> Activities </h2>
<p>Some of what we have planned so far:
</p>
<ul>
<li> GIMP tutorial and demo
</li>
<li> Drupal tutorial and demo
</li>
<li> OLPC demo and presentation
</li>
<li> OpenOffice.org demo and tutorial
</li>
<li> Bring your laptop for help with installing and configuring free
software
</li>
<li> Bring your portable music player and install Rockbox </li>
<li> Get a free gNewSense CD
</li>
<li> Network with other free software and free culture activists
</li>
</ul>
<p>Organizing Software Freedom Day 2007
</p>
<p><strong>Boston Software Freedom Day</strong>
</p>
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<h2> Schedule </h2>
<p>The event will go from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This is subject to change,
please check back for updates, or subscribe to this page.
</p>
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<td>13:00 - 13:30</td>
<td>Registration, refreshments, meet people, free culture music
and video, sign up to give lightning talks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13:30 - 14:00</td>
<td>Introduction to free software and Software Freedom Day
(Joshua Gay and John Sullivan from the FSF)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:00 - 14:30</td>
<td>Drupal for nonprofits workshop / Free Culture presentation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:30 - 14:40</td>
<td>Break, music, video</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:40 - 15:10</td>
<td>GIMP demo (Ari Pollak, Debian GIMP maintainer) / OLPC Demo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:10 - 15:20</td>
<td>Break, music, video</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:20 - 15:50</td>
<td>Benjamin "Mako" Hill (FSF board of directors) / OpenOffice
demo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15:50 - 16:20</td>
<td>Six, 5-minute lightning talks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16:20 - 17:00</td>
<td>Free software installation and assistance (including Rockbox
for your portable music player), music, video, & keysigning.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Chris Fernandez (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rek2.binaryfreedom.info">http://rek2.binaryfreedom.info</a>)
FSF member #697 (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.fsf.org">www.fsf.org</a>)
BinaryFreedom Founder (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.binaryfreedom.info">http://www.binaryfreedom.info</a>)
gNewSense Developer.(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gnewsense.org">http://www.gnewsense.org</a>)
Stop the Wars coalition (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.stopthewars.org">http://www.stopthewars.org</a>)
Socialist Party USA (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.spboston.org">http://www.spboston.org</a>)
Democratic socialists of America(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dsausa.org">http://www.dsausa.org</a>)
Digital revolution, socialism and CopyLeft!
Free Speech!
Free Software!!!!!!
Take back the NET from corporate gangs!(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eff.org">http://www.eff.org</a>)
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