Hi friends,

This is a gentle reminder about the Software Freedom Day celebration event that FSMK is organizing along with SFLC-ND at IISc tomorrow, 17th of Sept at 3 p.m. I hope all the free software enthusiasts can come and celebrate with us Software Freedom Day and also interact with Prof. Eben Moglen.

Details of the event are as follows:

* Interaction with Prof.Eben Moglen on the Freedom in the Cloud at Indian Institute of Science, on 17th September , 3p.m – 5 p.m, faculty hall IISc. *

Speaker: Prof. Eben Moglen Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Founder, Director-Counsel & Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center

Time: Fri. Sep 17 2010 3pm-5pm

Venue: Faculty Hall, IISc

Title of Talk: "Freedom in the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy and Security for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing"

Abstract: Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, Apple, AT&T, Bing. They'll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, free web hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And you can't wait to let them. They'll store your stuff, they'll organize your photos, they'll keep track of your appointments, as long as they can watch. It all goes into the "Cloud."

How we got here is quite a scary story. But nowhere near as scary as getting out again. This talk will discuss how much worse things have become since the pre-cloud era and explain what you can do to reclaim your freedom in the era of Web 2.0.