Nikesh BalamiFOSS Nepal Community

www.neekes.com.np

2016, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Software Freedom Day

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

The non-profit organization Digital Freedom Foundation coordinates Software Freedom Day at a global level, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.

Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.

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Software Freedom Day in Nepal

FOSS Nepal Community has been regularly organizing and celebrating Software freedom day since 2005.

From 2007 to 2009, for three consecutive years, FOSS Nepal's SFD celebration was recognized as the best event in the world.

More importantly its completely Volunteer lead effort.

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Objectives of SFD Celebration

Encourage, foster and celebrate adoption of free software, open standards, software freedom and the people behind it.

Promote the local IT ecosystem including IT Companies, IT user and Policy makers about the importance and benefits for Free and Open Source Software and Software freedom.

Demonstration, distribution, troubleshooting and expert advice on various Linux Distribution and Enterprises Applications.

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Event Highlights

Speeches from renowned guests from IT sector

Paper Presentation

Interactive Session (Game Play, Quiz, Musical Session etc)

Networking

Discussion Fora

Community and IT Companies Stalls

Demo and Distribution

Installation and Troubleshoot

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Freedom

Freedom to use, reuse, redistribute without legal, social or technological restriction.

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Software

Collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and

how to do it.

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Software is everywhere

Personal computer, mp3 players, TV, GPS phones, cars..

Governments, banks, planes, most companies..

Communication, safety, leisure, work, education..

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Imagine them being Free and Open for Everyone

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What do we need?

Transparent technologies

Sustainable technologies

Technologies under our control

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What can we do?

Use and support Free Software

Use and support Free Formats and Protocols

Use and support Free Licenses

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What's next?

Stop

Think

Act

Use

Share

Participate

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“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the

world”. - Johan Wolfgang VoGoethe

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Join Us

Software Freedom Day 2016 Kathmandu

17th September 2016

"Free and Open Source Software, a building block to develop nation."

Venue: TBD

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Any Question??