WHAT: Software Freedom Day Celebrations in Thrissur

WHERE: Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur

WHEN: September 16th, 2006 Saturday, 09 AM

ABOUT: Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). It is aimed at educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using Free Software in education, in government, at home, and in business

WHY: We need to celebrate, meet up with peers, share information, build links and solidarity.

HOW: That's for you to decide. So do come!

CONTACT: Hiran Venugopalan +91 9846951870 Anivar Aravind +91 9846885539 or mail to: sfd06@gaia.org.in

FOSSers of Vidya & Global Alternate Information Applications(GAIA) are Celebrating software freedom Day in Thrissur on 16th September 2006, in association with Free Software Users Group Thrissur(FSUG-Thrissur) & Palakkad Libre Users Society (PLUS) as a part of Worldwide celebrations on 16th September 2006 as a part of International day of celebration of software freedom.

Free Software Movement is leading freedom struggle in domain of information technology. This movement is fight for the freedom of knowledge and freedom to communicate.

As a Part of Software Freedom day Celebration we are Organizing a one Day Seminar and Technical sessions on 16th. The Sessions are

Freedom: Software,society &culture : Anivar Aravind The world of Python : Baiju.M Free Hardware: Introduction to Phoenix : Pramode CE, IC softwares

Reaching Vidya Academy:

Vidya Academy of Science & Technology (VAST) is located at 15th Kilometer on Thrissur-Guruvayoor highway and is easily accessible by public and private transport buses which stop at Kaiparambu. For a Location & route Map see http://tinyurl.com/q5a3f

ABOUT ORGANISORS:

Fossers of Vidya is a group of Free Software Users & advocates in Vidya Academy of Science & Technology.

Free Software Users Group Thrissur (http://fsugtsr.org) is a group of GNU/Linux and Free Software enthusiasts from the cultural capital of Kerala, Thrissur.

Palakkad Libre Users Society (PLUS, http://plus.sarovar.org) is Advocating and promoting the use of free software by providing technical assistance related to free software, bringing together free software businesses and free software users, and propagating the message of software freedom in and around the city of Palakkad (Kerala, India)

GAIA (Global Alternate Information Applications), Founded in 2004, is a collective space for imaginative reconstruction of public sphere, new/old media practices & research, and critical cultural intervention.