Hello Friends,<br><br>All of you must be aware of the next biggest
event happening in Kerala on Free Software. Free Software, Free
Society, the 2nd International Conference on Freedom in Computing,
Development and Culture on 9th, 10th and 11th of December, 2008.<br>
<br>Website: <a href="http://www.fsfs.in/" target="_blank">www.fsfs.in</a><br><br>The main events of the conference are talks by eminent personalities like:<br><br>Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS)(Founder GNU and FSF),<br>
Jimmy Wales (Founder Wikipedia),<br>
Eben Moglen (Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center),<br>NIIBE Yutaka (Chairman of the Free Software Initiative of Japan (FSIJ)),<br>Neville "Roy" Singham (Founder and Chairman of ThoughtWorks, Inc),<br>Georg C. F. Greve (Initiator and president of the Free Software Foundation Europe),<br>
Anand Babu (Board member of FSF-India. Cofounder and CTO of Z RESEARCHl Inc),<br><br>they
are just very few to mention. The talks will be held at Mascot Hotel
Trivandrum and it will be restricted to registered participants because
of space constraints.<br>
<br>Then the major attraction of the conference will be
exhibitions,workshops and a GNU/Linux Install Fest or a Free Software
Exhibition which will include a Free Software Install Fest also, to be
held open for the public at Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum.<br>
<br>Here as Free Software communities all of us have a great
opportunity to be a part of the event and also the responsibility to
give support to it in all ways we can. We need volunteers who can
devote their time for this event. Do pour in your ideas and suggestions
as to the contents of the exhibitions and workshops and also as to the
different events that can be conducted in addition to the above
mentioned ones (as part of Free Software Exhibition). <br>
<br>Join the mailing list for further discussions,<br><a href="http://www.fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsfs-discuss" target="_blank">http://www.fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsfs-discuss</a><br><br>and<br><br><a href="http://fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/subscribe/fsfs-announce" target="_blank">http://fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/subscribe/fsfs-announce</a><br>
for announcements to registered participants<br><br>The
main motto of this event is to educate the public about Free Software.
So we the Free Software Community (not just any specific mailing list,
but the entire community) has a great responsibility on our shoulders. <br>
<br>Join the mailing lists and start discussing.<br><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Anoop Jacob Thomas<br>Volunteer,<br>Free Software Community
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