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Cleveland, OH 41.45-81.86 44126US
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Cleveland Software Freedom Day 5.00 5.003
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Founded
July 24, 2008

Software Freedom Day Cleveland is a local effort to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

What is FOSS or Free Software? It is software that has been licensed in a manner that allows users to run it for any purpose, to redistribute copies to others, to change the software to suit their needs and to redistribute those changes as well. When we say Free Software, think of free as in speech, rather than free as in beer.

We will gather on Monday October 27th at the Gemini Center in Fairview Park for our Software Freedom Day Cleveland Conference. The conference's purpose is expressed in our catchword of the day, ACE: Associate, Celebrate, Educate.

*Associate with professionals and businesses that create and offer technical support for Free Software.

*Celebrate the freedom and vastness of the FOSS ecosystem.

*Educate the public, IT workers, business owner and leaders, and other users about the enormous benefits of Free Software.

The SFD-CLE conference is free (as in beer) to all attendees.

Please RSVP at this link: http://opensource.meetup.com/97/calendar/8758744/

Our website: http://www.softwarefreedomday-cleveland.org/

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  • May 20
    • New member
      Brian Wasko
      “I am Computer IT System Admin”
    • New member
      Adam M Dutko
      “To understand other people's interpretation of software freedom.”
  • May 17
    • New member
      Mike Crute
      “I'm curious about software freedom day.”
  • Apr 22
    • New member
      Mark Brooks
      “I would like to learn more about OSS, and help to promote its use.”
  • Apr 1
    • New member
      Jeff Charles
      “Interested in open source trends.”
  • Dec 25 2008
    • New member
      Doug
      “I am always interested in software that can be customized to your own needs. You have more control over it which helps you do what you want to do easier.”
  • Nov 18 2008
    • New member
      Kevin_J
      “I recently converted 2 of my workstations to Linux. While there was some learning curve, I immediately saw the benefits of using open source software. I look forward to expanding my knowledge of the open source movement.”
  • Nov 2 2008
    • New member
      Sarah Dutkiewicz
      “I had a wonderful experience speaking at this year's event on "Behold the Power of Python", and I hope I can help out with future Software Freedom Day events here!”
  • Oct 28 2008
    • New member
      Mat Kovach
      (Shiva, The Destroy, Death, Conquerer of Worlds)
      “'Cause I am me ... and I ``can destroy you in Open Source'' ... with that type of power how can I NOT be approved. Bwahhahah! Bwahahah!”
  • Oct 27 2008
    • New member
      Karen Hellickson
      “I would like to join cause I live near Cleveland and I have a great interest in technology.”
    • New member
      Jonathan Penn
      “I'm a web developer who loves free and open source software!”
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