[School-GNU-Linux] Free Software, Free Society

Hello Friends,

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.

Website: www.fsfs.in

The main events of the conference are talks by eminent personalities like:

Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS)(Founder GNU and FSF),
Jimmy Wales (Founder Wikipedia),
Eben Moglen (Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center),
NIIBE Yutaka (Chairman of the Free Software Initiative of Japan (FSIJ)),
Neville "Roy" Singham (Founder and Chairman of ThoughtWorks, Inc),
Georg C. F. Greve (Initiator and president of the Free Software
Foundation Europe),
Anand Babu (Board member of FSF-India. Cofounder and CTO of Z RESEARCHl Inc),

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.

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.

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).

Join the mailing list for further discussions,
http://www.fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsfs-discuss

and

http://fsfs.in/cgi-bin/mailman/subscribe/fsfs-announce
for announcements to registered participants

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.

Join the mailing lists and start discussing.

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