Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a global effort to spread the word about the importance of free and open source software (FOSS). This year the SFD is being held on Saturday 15 September 2007.

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. Here are the teams for India.

Check this start guide for some tips and pointers for organizing your own SFD team event. Here are some ideas they suggest -

• Have a FOSS picnic or BBQ
• Run a booth at a market, fair or computer day
• Get together with schools, universities and other people who can benefit from Free Software
• Run a competition, best FOSS developed music, graphics, short video
• Set up simple public booth and hand out CDs.
• Run some demo machines in a public space and show off your FOSS
• Hold installation workshops and combined FOSS installfests in schools, businesses or other areas
• Hold a seminar on IP, Free Culture, Patents, etc
• Have a cultural event – food, drink, music (jam session? – “open-source music”).
• Organise an expo to highlight local FOSS success stories

Are you participating? Happy Software Freedom Day for 2007!

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