[Ubuntu-PH] Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009

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*Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009*
Reference: Rick Bahague
Contact: secretariat at cp-union.com / 4134196 / 09178840096
www.cp-union.com/sfd09

Software Freedom Day (SFD), the largest ever grassroots event promoting and
educating the public about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the
Philippines, will be held on September 19, 2009 with registration starting
at 8:00. This international event will be hosted by the University of Santo
Tomas in Manila. SFD is an international affair that will be participated in
by more than a thousand teams in over 90 countries worldwide, with the
Philippine celebration marked by simultaneous events from Luzon to Mindanao
that will also be simulcast over the internet.

The morning plenary sessions will introduce what FOSS and SFD is and run
participants through its basics, and explain what Free and Open Culture is
as the conceptual basis of this software movement. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casiño will also provide an update on the FOSS Bill that they have sponsored
and currently filed in Congress. The Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU),
the main organizer of the event, will also be discussing the use of FOSS in
social advocacy.

The latest versions of free operating systems and applications can be copied
and written on a CD on site. There will also be fun games with exciting
prizes as well as software freedom day t-shirts for sale during the event.
High quality free software will be available for computers in the office and
at home, even be well-polished games for the gaming enthusiasts.

Global participation has relatively doubled since 2008’s record of over 500
participating teams, with over 200 individuals having participated in last
year’s celebration. Participants are expected to further increase this year,
with more organizations and students from schools such as Adamson
University, University of Santo Tomas, Philippine School for Business and
Arts, Central Colleges of the Philippines, Asian Academy of Business and
Computers and University of the Philippines pledging to participate this
year.

The Software Freedom Day 2009 team is composed of CPU, the UST Computer
Science Society as the hosts, AdU Computer Science Open Source University
Meet-up, AdU Computer Science Society, AdU Web Development Team, Asian
Academy of Business and Computers, Blender Users Group, Cybersercurity.Ph,
Drupal Users Group, ICAII, Joomla Users Group, LAMP-Pilipinas, PHP Users
Group, PUP Taguig Computer Society, Ruby Users Group, TXTPower!, Office of
Rep. Teddy Casiño - Bayan Muna Partylist,  and the University of the
Philippines Linux Users Group.

Those who cannot attend the event but would like to view the live video
broadcast may do so visiting http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09. For further
information on SFD, visit the international website at
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org and http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09 for the
details of the local celebration.
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