He showed the example of open source software that educational institution can use. Like every year, free and open source software foss nepal community is going to organize software freedom day 2016 on september 17. Software freedom day 2019 by kuosc, libreoffice localisation. The event was amazing and more exciting than i had expected it to be. Software freedom day 2019, nosk ncit blogger nepal. Software freedom day 2016 being celebrated by foss nepal. Kathmandu university open source community an autonomous wing of kathmandu university computer club kucc, department of computer science and engineering, kathmandu universityku celebrated software freedom day sfd at kathmandu university. This year gbg kathmandu is proud to be a celebrating partner in this event read more. Lets celebrate software freedom day at ncit ict frame. I and some of my college friends were very happy to be a part of the event.
Software freedom day 2015 is being celebrated tomorrow tech. It is organised to increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Sep 24, 2019 thanks to our worldwide community, libreoffice is available in over 100 languages. In the year 2007, 2008 and 2009, for three consecutive years, foss nepal s sfd celebration was recognized as the best sfd event in the world. Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. The software freedom law center provides legal representation and other law related services to protect and advance free and open source software. Software freedom day in 2020 is on the tuesday, 15th of sep 9152020. Since 2006 software freedom day has been held on the every third saturday of september. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free and. Software freedom day was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Sfd was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 august of that year. Software freedom day sfd 2015 is being celebrated tomorrow, 19 th september 2015 at nepal engineering association nea, harihar bhawan, pulchowk. Nepal college of information technology ncit, balkumari. In nepal, it has been regularly organizing and celebrating software freedom day since 2005.
Today, we foss nepal and mozilla nepal organized a pre sfd event at national school of sciences nss. Software freedom day 2018 to be organized at amrit campus. Software freedom day pre sfd event at orchid college. Software freedom day 2014 nepal nepali information software. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Software freedom day 2019, nosk ncit sfd 2019 in kathmandu nepal. Software freedom day is being celebrated at ncit gadgetbyte nepal software freedom daysfd is an annual worldwide celebration offree software softwaredistributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute on 3rd saturday of every september. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and. When sfd was started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined. Over 500 volunteer groups in over 120 countries all around the world are celebrating the sixth software freedom day this year on september 19.
Foss nepal community have been celebrating this event for last 5 years and have been victorious for best sfd celebration award selected by in the year 2007 and 2008. Software freedom day 2014 nepal nepali information. About software freedom day sfd with nosk sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss and every year nosk celebrates sfd with foss enthusiasts. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues and encouraging its use. Sep 17, 2016 software freedom day 2016 as being celebrated in ncit college, balkumari nepal.
The members of osac were integral to the development of such culture in nepal. From 2007 to 2009, for three consecutive years, foss nepal s sfd celebration was recognized as the best event in the world. Software freedom day pre sfd event with mozilla nepal at. Anil shrestha, coordinator of kathmandu university open source community and his working committee, for making this software freedom day. Volunteers help to translate the software, documentation and website and on software freedom day, the nepalese libreoffice community organised a localisation event. Kathmandu university celebration software freedom day 2017. In nepal, foss nepal community began celebration of sfd since 2005.
September 19, 2020 software freedom day is one of the worldwide celebrations held by digital freedom foundation dff, an npo that focuses on promoting free software, open hardware, and access to knowledge via technology. Participants from different college and institutions, presenters and itgurus showed their support toward freedom of software. Software freedom day 2012 celebrated in nepal prakash neupane. It is an annual event celebrated by various software communities to promote free and open source software foss worldwide. Software freedom day preevent at sagarmatha mozilla club. Software freedom day 2016 as being celebrated in ncit college, balkumari nepal. This software freedom day is essential to the volunteers of.
Open source network, open knowledge bangladesh in bangladesh, mozilla nepal, wikimedians of nepal and open knowledge nepal in nepal. Software freedom day 2017, nosk ncit time and update. Nepal open source club nosk is a committee of students who believe in. Foss, nepal thank you all the participants, participants from nist college banepa, juniors, guest from wlit and my mentor saroj dhakal for your valuable time and support. Software freedom day 2018 is going to be celebrated on 15th september, saturday at amrit campus, lainchaur. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software.
Software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open spirit. Software freedom day is a global event that is celebrated to advocate free and open source software movement. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss. Libreoffice localisation event on software freedom day 2019. Education freedom day celebrated in nepal prakash neupane. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of. Nikesh balami, open source activist from open knowledge nepal, shared. Like every year, free and open source software foss nepal community is going to organize software freedom day 2016 on september 17, 2016. Oct 06, 2016 how we celebrated software freedom day. Jan 19, 2014 prakash neupane started the program with the objective of education freedom day. Nepal open source klub, nosk is a group of students who believe in open source. Foss nepal community is a team of volunteers who believe in the usage of. So this year on 17th september, sfd is being celebrated all over the world including nepal with the. Software freedom day 2012 was successfully celebrated in more than 10 places in nepal.
Pre sfd event is a part of software freedom day sfd which is being organized on september 17 at kathmandu and many other cities in the world. Software freedom day 2014, nepal various community leaders planning for software freedom day 2014 in kathmandu nepal software freedom day is an annual event marked to increase awareness and knowledge on free and open source software, open knowledge and open communities. The celebration of sfd eve was also held in kathmandu university, on 15th september 2017. Prabin gautam from foss nepal community also working as the lecturer in kathmandu university was there for presenting foss for education. Software freedom day celebrating fossian, software freedom day 2012 nepali information software and technology newsnist news. Thanks to our worldwide community, libreoffice is available in over 100 languages. In nepal, foss nepal community began celebration of sfd. The first case of the 201920 coronavirus pandemic, in nepal was reported on 24 january 2020 in kathmandu. Nepal open source klub has 9 repositories available. Libreoffice localisation event on software freedom day. On 19th september 2015 with the theme of software freedom to promote entrepreneurship, software freedom day 2015 was celebrated at nepal engineering association, harihar bahwan, in lalitpur, nepal. Sfd is an annual worldwide event celebration of free and open source software foss. Sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss.
Software freedom day is the worldwide event celebrated by all the open. Nepal open source klub on saturday, september 21 2019 with 144 people interested and 48 people going. Nosk organizes and facilitates many of the technical activities that are held at college, and has been organizing software freedom day sfd in nepal. The day was the 8th version of sfd in nepal so everyone expected more perfect, more matured more new. Software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of. Software freedom day 2019 by kuosc, libreoffice localisation, wikipedia, editathon and more. To create your team page find your country and cityregion or create one if it does not exist yet. We convey our gratitude and thank to all the organizers for accepting our community as celebrating partner. The nonprofit organization digital freedom foundation coordinates software freedom day at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local sfd events to impact their own communities. It was organized in butwal, pokhara, madi, hetauda, birtanagar, jhapa, dharan, kavre, amrit campus and sap falcha.
Sep 24, 2014 software freedom day sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open spirit. Jan 19, 2014 education freedom day celebrated in nepal. Sep 14, 2016 software freedom day pre sfd event at orchid college kathmandu by foss nepal posted on september 14, 2016, by iroosan continuing the series of pre sfd event, today we conducted a pre sfd event at orchid international college, kathmandu. The goal of this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high. Sfd is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues, and encouraging its use. Since 2006 software freedom day has been held on the third saturday of september. Sfd was first observed on 28 th august 2004 and since the year 2006, it is celebrated on the third saturday of. Jul 27, 2007 running a software freedom day event is beneficial to linux and other open source user groups, as the impact can last beyond the actual day. He is also one of the senior most leader of the communist party of nepal united and until recently when.
Sep 24, 2019 software freedom day 2019 by kuosc, libreoffice localisation, wikipedia, editathon and more. This software freedom day is essential to the volunteers of kuosc and also to. At mawson lakes, a suburb of adelaide in australia, paul schulz 2006 software freedom day event brought together different enthusiast groups. Software freedom day in international calendar calendarlabs.
September 24, 2019 django tutorial make initial migration, create superuser september 23, 2019. We are celebrating software freedom day around nepal in various location with various organizers. Wikimedians of nepalsoftware freedom day 2014 nepal meta. Software freedom day is an annual event marked to increase awareness and knowledge on free and open source software, open knowledge and open. Nepal college of information technology, balkumari, lalitpur. Sep 12, 2016 software freedom day sfd is an annual worldwide celebration of free software software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute on 3rd saturday of every september. Sep 16, 2017 about software freedom day sfd with nosk sfd is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software foss and every year nosk celebrates sfd with foss enthusiasts. Software freedom day celebrating fossian nepali information. Software freedom day 2009 to be observed on september 19. Software freedom day is being celebrated at ncit gadgetbyte.