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As the sun rises on the third annual Soft­ware Freedom Day (Sat­ur­day 16 Sep­tem­ber) 15 teams around Aus­tralia are set to cel­e­brate in style. This is more teams than any other country in the world and with over 70 coun­tries par­tic­i­pat­ing and 180 teams, that’s no small achieve­ment. All around the world these teams are in the final plan­ning stages of their Soft­ware Freedom Day activ­i­ties, so look for an event near you to drop in.

“The explo­sion of wikis and blog­ging has added greatly to a shared sense of con­nec­tion between organ­is­ers this year.” said Pia Waugh, Pres­i­dent of Soft­ware Freedom Inter­na­tional. “You just need to Google the blo­gos­phere to get a taste of the growing excite­ment across the planet. From Kenya, to Canada, to Malaysia, users, enthu­si­asts and sup­port­ers will be out in force sharing what they know and giving away goodies such as Free Soft­ware.”

Waugh goes on to say “we really feel that Soft­ware Freedom is a cel­e­bra­tion of the core values of our entire com­mu­nity, and the average person is also start­ing to under­stand why Soft­ware Freedom is as impor­tant as our other basic free­doms and human rights.”

Events in Aus­tralia are being staged every­where from Darwin to Devon­port, Tas­ma­nia, and range in size from a simple bbq lunch, through to what is essen­tially a one day con­fer­ence on the impor­tance of Soft­ware Freedom.

For more infor­ma­tion about events that may be in your area, please visit http://​www.​soft​ware​free​dom​day.​org/​t​e​a​m​s​/​o​c​e​a​n​ia/au.

For more infor­ma­tion about Soft­ware Freedom Day and its objec­tives, please visit http://​www.​soft​ware​free​dom​day.org/.

About Linux Australia

Linux Aus­tralia exists to serve and promote the Aus­tralian Linux and Open Source com­mu­nity. The organ­i­sa­tion aims to do this best by taking enthu­si­asms within the com­mu­nity, such as FOSS issues, projects, edu­ca­tion, advo­cacy just to name a few, and help them flour­ish, to succeed. The lifeblood of this organ­i­sa­tion is the people in the com­mu­nity, and Linux Aus­tralia strives to be both rel­e­vant and useful to the com­mu­nity. For more details on Linux Aus­tralia visit http://​linux.​org.au.

Cheers James Purser.