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Document Freedom Award for Slovak Commission for Standardization

The Free Software Foundation Europe awarded the Slovak Commission for Standardization of the Public Administration Information Systems and its working groups with the Document Freedom Award this week....

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So many things happening - Status updates by microblog

There are so many things happening at the moment. We are not able to write a news entry for each event. If you want to have up to date information, please take a look at our microblogging account and...

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Document Freedom Day ends but is not over!

Today 12:00 UTC marks the end of Document Freedom Day 2012. Thank you all for your motivation and efforts to celebrate Document Freedom Day around the globe without borders! 52 events in 24 countries...

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Report of Document Freedom Day 2012

Document Freedom Day 2012 was a great success! America, Asia, Africa and Europe celebrated together Open Standards at 54 events. It is no doubt that DFD is growing and we believe that it will be even...

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Neelie Kroes reacts after receiving DFD Handcuffs - DFD

As you know, to close our 2012 edition of the Document Freedom Day, we sent handcuffs to 100 politicians, and other public personalities, asking them to consider the problem of the lack of use of Open...

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2013 Event registration now open

Today event registration opens for Document Freedom Day 2013, March 27th. Local teams can add details of their activities to DocumentFreedom.org, and have them marked on the global campaign map.

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Lessons from Lessig – Prestigious thinker calls for Document Freedom.

Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Safra Center for Ethics, Professor of Law at Harvard and founder of The Stanford Center for Internet and Society, has recently expressed his support for Document...

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Document Freedom Day from Brussels to Taiwan: Open Standards celebrated in 30...

In 30 countries around the world, activists are celebrating Open Standards on today's Document Freedom Day, an annual campaign to promote Open Standards. More than 50 groups are hosting events around...

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taz.die tageszeitung receives Document Freedom Germany Award

The German newspaper taz.die tageszeitung (TAZ) receives this year's Document Freedom Day award. With this award, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the Foundation for a Free Information...

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Document Freedom Day 2013 Report

Thanks to the hard work of local groups around the world, Document Freedom Day 2013 was larger than ever, with 59 events in 30 countries. Several of these were celebrating for the first time, including...

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Freedom Floppy t-shirts have arrived

"I need to want to wear these shirts" said Anna, volunteer t-shirt Project Manager. "Less geek more chic".

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All the artwork is now on Gitorious

To understand how the river flows, you better trace its source. In our case, we've switched to publicly hosting all Document Freedom Day artwork on Gitorious. That means that everyone can browse the...

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New guide to claiming funding for DFD prizes

We've published a new guide to claiming funding for groups that are awarding a Document Freedom Day Prize this year. In a nutshell: tell us you need money, then send us receipts. Simple.

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Advert for DFD2014 in Linux Voice

On February 27th, the debut edition of Linux Voice magaine will appear in newsagents across Great Britain, with distribution throughout Europe and the rest of the world following shortly after. We're...

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Registration opens for Document Freedom Day 2014

Today registration opens for Document Freedom Day 2014 events. This year the campaign day is March 26th, when people who believe in fair access to communications technology and Open Standards will...

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Commons Machinery sponsors Document Freedom Day

Today Commons Machinery, the development company providing commons related services, has joined Document Freedom Day 2014 as a sponsor.

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Free promotional packs available

Posters, stickers, leaflets and fliers are all included in the free promotional packs that are available for ordering in the Document Freedom Day store now. With only two weeks remaining until the day...

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Special Libre Graphics Mag blog series coming next week

Look out for a new article each day by Linux Graphics Magazine next week to celebrate Document Freedom Day. The print publication uses Free Software for it's own graphics and layout, and Open Standard...

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OpenStreetMap receives Document Freedom Day Award

The OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) has been awarded the Document Freedom Day UK Award for pioneering work on emerging standards at a ceremony in Birmingham. OSMF representatives attended the ceremony...

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Document Freedom Day delivers messages of interoperability around the world

Over the following 24 hours Open Standards will be celebrated to the ends of the earth. The Document Freedom Day campaign for interoperability is being enacted from Tokyo to Rio, and Birmingham to...

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