Some photos are available here. https://picasaweb.google.com/ilugc.in/SoftwareFreedomDay2013Chennai
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prasanth Radhakrishnan <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:10 PM Subject: [FSFTN] Software Freedom Day - 2013 To: [email protected] Dear Friends, The week-long celebrations of free software came to an end with Software Freedom Day celebrated in a grand manner at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna university on Sunday September 22. Nearly 150 participants attended the programme and nearly 15 stalls vied for the top position in the stall competition. The event was organised by Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu, Indian Linux Users Group Chennai and College of Engineering GNU/LINUX Users' groups. The event was a great occasion for experienced Linux buffs and newbies to share their knowledge and discuss aspects related to community building. Talks were held on ‘Why we celebrate SFD’, Open Hardware, Internet surveillance, Women and technology, Systems integration, Wikipedia and Patents. A lot of the discussion was focussed on preserving our hard-won freedom and extending it, both in the realms of hardware and software. Students at the stalls presented a diverse variety of topics stretching from the PRISM surveillance project to GIMP and Inkscape and Python and Emacs. A group of students from Anjalai Ammal Mahalaingam Engg. college won the best stall prize for their stall on network booting while students from Sri Sairam Institute of technology came second. A special round of applause for the students and volunteers who designed creative and thought-provoking posters and charts that were widely shared online and displayed at the venue. Over the last week, volunteers went to many colleges across the city and spread word about the event. FSFTN would like to thank the staff members, CEG administration officials, participants and above all, the committed and dedicated volunteer team for making the event a grand success. We promise we will be back next year, stronger than ever! Prasanth Radhakrishnan Executive Committee Member Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu fsftn.org _______________________________________________ Mailinglist mailing list [email protected] http://fsftn.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_fsftn.org -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
