{"id":6421,"date":"2015-09-18T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2015-09-18T12:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:17:41","slug":"tomorrow-is-software-freedom-day-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=6421","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow is Software Freedom Day 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Besides being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talklikeapirate.com\/\">International Talk Like a Pirate Day<\/a>, 19th September 2015 is also a date for the diaries of people advocating free and open source software; it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwarefreedomday.org\/\">Software Freedom Day 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/sfd2015.png\" alt=\"Software Freedom Day 2015 banner\" width=\"160\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6428\" \/>The idea of Software Freedom Day (SFD) is for everyone <em>without<\/em> a vested interest in proprietary software to unite and educate the world about the ideals of Software Freedom and the practical benefits of Free Software. August 28th 2004 was the first ever Software Freedom Day and was initiated group of <abbr title=\"Free and Open Source Software\">FOSS<\/abbr> believers &#8211; Matt Oquist, Henrik Omma and Phil Harper &#8211; with the idea of distributing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theopendisc.com\/\">The OpenCD<\/a> &#8211; a collection of free and open source software for Windows &#8211; to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>SFD has since extended around the world with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwarefreedomday.org\/map\/index.php?year=2015\">events<\/a> being organised on every continent.<\/p>\n<h3>Why is software freedom important?<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/documents\/udhr\/\">United Nations&#8217; Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> is a set of basic human rights that most people would agree would be a bare minimum. Not often are our basic rights thought of in the context of technology, but as more and more our lives are dependent on technology, it is a rapidly growing concern. Technologies that matter to our freedom are used in our voting systems, our leisure, our work, education, art and our communication. What does this mean to you? It means that the basic human freedoms you take for granted are only as free as the technologies you use.<\/p>\n<p>Transparent and sustainable technologies are vital to ensuring we can protect our freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>Think about any software you use everyday that is proprietary and the consider that you can\u2019t be sure what it is actually doing. Does your email system send copies of your mail to a third party? Is your web browser, logging and automatically sending your browsing history to someone?<\/p>\n<p>As more and more of the world&#8217;s population starts using technology, getting online and developing the next major life-changing event of the future (such as the internet was for many of us), ensuring open, transparent and sustainable approaches are considered best practice is important; i.e. important to a future where technology empowers everyone equally, where knowledge is forever and where our basic human freedoms are strengthened, not hampered, by technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolwireless.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/tomorrow-is-software-freedom-day-2015\/\"><em>Reposted, with some edits, from Bristol Wireless<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Besides being International Talk Like a Pirate Day, 19th September 2015 is also a date for the diaries of people advocating free and open source software; it&#8217;s Software Freedom Day 2015. 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