Limestone Coast 2010
Software Freedom Day is annual event held in over 90 countries all around the world in an effort to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software.
Free Software has been licensed in a manner that allows users to run it for any purpose, to redistribute copies to others, to change the software to suit their needs and to redistribute those changes as well.
Free software which is licensed under the GPL or other Free licenses are not shareware or freeware programs. The Free software we are talking about are full applications, with no limitations on use that restrict redistribution you are legally allowed (and encouraged) to give copies away to whomever you please.
The Limestone Coast Software Freedom Day 2010 Team will host this years event at the Mount Gambier Public Library and will focus on Open Source Gaming, Office and Productivity Applications, Home Networking and Programming for beginners and Kids.
People will be able to wander around the various stations on the day, and discover some of the amazing Free software on offer. There may also be one or two presentations throughout the day on using specific software.
CDs and DVDs containing a selection of Free software will be given away, along with information on how to safely access more great Free software on the Internet.
So come along and join your local Limestone Coast team as we demonstrate and give out Free Software for Education, Business and the Home user.
General Information about Free and Open Source Software
http://www.openoffice.org/ Open Office: Office Software Package
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Seamonkey: all-in-one internet application suite
http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation
http://www.opensource.org/ The Open Source Initiative
http://www.iosn.net/ International Open Source Network
http://www.linux.org.au/ Linux Australia
http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ Linux South Australia
key details to remember:-
When? 10am - 3pm,Saturday 18 September 2010
Where? Mount Gambier Public Library, 6 Watson Terrace, Mount GAmbier, SA 5290
How much? Free entry!
More Info? See the Limestone Coast Linux Users Group website
Contact? sfd @ lsclug.org
