<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">As I had mentioned at last month's NYCBUG get-together, I'm looking forward to seeing NYCBUG'ers at Software Freedom Day, which is this Saturday, and isn't strictly about GPL licensed software, but FOSS development ecology in general. </p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">I do understand however that the beer will be "Free as in beer." -ƒ</p>
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The <a href="http://cfsg.org/Software-Freedom-Day-2012" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">5th annual Software Freedom Day NYC</a> will take place on Saturday September 15, 2012 from 6:30-10:00 pm.</p><p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">
The New York celebratory event will be held this year at ITP, NYU's school for the Interactive Telecommunications Program, located at 721 Broadway (between 8th Street & Washington Place.)</p><ul style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">
<li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:none"><p style="margin:0px">As in previous years this will be a celebration of the merits and successes of free software, with food & drinks ("free as in beer") and a short program of speakers. This is also a "hack friendly" event; we will have 2 large breakout rooms so bring your laptop to demonstrate a project you're working on or engage in informal collaboration.</p>
</li></ul><p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">At 8:00 pm there will be a short program including presentations. Scheduled speakers include:</p>
<ul style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:15px">James Vasile of the Software Freedom Law Center on "Free Software vs Censorship and Surveillance"</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">"Wikipedia Takes Manhattan” -- presented by Wikimedia NYC (following up on this afternoon’s photo-walk departing Bowling Green at 3pm, and arriving at ITP at 7pm)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">
Jon Stanley on the Fedora project</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><p style="margin:0px">Occupy <3s Open Source -- presented by <a href="http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/TechOps" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,0,34);text-decoration:none">TechOps</a> of the NYCGA (NYC General Assembly)</p>
</li></ul><p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">as well as short talks on other free software projects and distributions. </p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">After this program there will be a reception, including a key signing.</p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">For full event information please see the official announcement at <a href="http://cfsg.org/Software-Freedom-Day-2012" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(102,85,255);text-decoration:none">http://cfsg.org/Software-Freedom-Day-2012</a></p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:14px;font-family:'DejaVu Sans','Droid Sans',Verdana,sans-serif">For more information about Software Freedom Day see the Wikipedia entry: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(102,85,255);text-decoration:none">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day</a></p>
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