Document Freedom Day
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Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a day designed to "raise awareness about document freedom"[1] "on the last Wednesday of March".[2] Document Freedom Day was first celebrated on March 26, 2008, and is organised and funded by the Free Software Foundation Europe.[3]
According to Ars Technica, more than "200 groups in 60 countries" are actively involved in DFD.[4]
DFD's main goals are:
- promotion and adoption of free document formats
- forming a global network
- coordination of activities that happen on last Wednesday of March, Document Freedom Day[5]
In 2012 it will be held on Wednesday March 28.[6]
[edit] External links
- http://documentfreedom.org - Official Website
[edit] References
- ^ "Today is Document Freedom Day". Official Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/today-is-document-freedom-day.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Press release for DFD 2011". http://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20110202-01.en.html.
- ^ "Happy Document Freedom Day, a day of "document liberation"". http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080326-happy-document-freedom-day-a-day-of-document-liberation.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Document Freedom Day 2012 homepage". http://www.documentfreedom.org/. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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