Document Freedom Day

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:

In 2012 it will be held on Wednesday March 28.

External links

References

  1. ^ "Today is Document Freedom Day". Official Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/today-is-document-freedom-day.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  2. ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  3. ^ "Press release for DFD 2011". http://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20110202-01.en.html. 
  4. ^ "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. 
  5. ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27.