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Document Fredoom Day 08
febbraio 2008 da Lobotomia
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Si terrà il 26 Marzo 2008 il Document Freedom Day 08, un evento mondiale dedicato ai formati di documenti liberi.
Il Document Freedom Day (DFD) è un evento che ha i seguenti obiettivi:
- promozione e adozione di formati di documenti liberi;
- formazione di una rete globale;
- cordinamento delle attività del 26 Marzo.
Riporto interamente l’annuncio ufficiale in lingua inglese:
“26 March: A global day for document liberationSign up your DFD team today!
The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for Document Liberation with grassroots action for promotion of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general. The DFD was initiated and is supported by a group of organisations and companies, including, but not limited to the Free Software Foundation Europe, ODF Alliance, OpenForum Europe, IBM, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
On 26 March 2008, the Document Freedom Day will provide a global rallying point for Document Liberation and Open Standards. It will literally give teams around the world the chance to “hoist the flag”:
A “DFD Starter Pack” containing a flag, t-shirt, leaflets and stickers is in preparation and is planned to be sent out in the first weeks of March to the first 100 teams that sign up. Sixteen teams already signed up during the preparation phase of the DFD prior to this release. Sign your team up now!
“We’re proud to support this global effort to encourage open and inclusive information exchange,” said Marino Marcich, Managing Director, OpenDocument Format Alliance. “Document freedom means creating, exchanging, and preserving your electronic documents without having to buy software from a particular vendor.”
“Data lock-in and subsequent vendor lock-in are some of the most severe issues users are facing today,” says FSFE president Georg Greve. “Yet most people only realise this connection when it is too late and they have effectively lost control over their own data. We are supporting the Document Freedom Day to help raise awareness for this issue by starting with something that affects pretty much all users of computers: text documents, spreadsheets and presentations.”
“Free document formats and open standards are important elements in the continued expansion of the global open source community,” said Tom Rabon, executive vice president, Corporate Affairs at Red Hat. “Red Hat strongly supports Document Freedom Day and encourages participation by all who look forward to the day when documents are controlled by those who own them, not necessarily by those who create the technology to access those documents.”
Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer, Sun Microsystems stated, “As I explained in my paper “Freedom to Leave“, it’s fundamental in the emerging market for people to be free to use any software they desire to handle their data. I fully support the goals of Document Freedom.”
Alexandre Oliva of the Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA) comments: “When you save your documents using a Free Open Standard format such as ODF, you’re also saving your own future, ensuring your continued ability to access, decode and convert their contents.”
Graham Taylor Director of OpenForum Europe: “OpenForum Europe applauds the announcement of Document Freedom Day. The whole essence of ‘openness’ is captured by the right of users, citizens, governments… to be able to freely access and exchange documents today and in the future. Nothing gives greater meaning to the prevalent danger of lock-in to proprietary solutions, and for the need for Government to act now.”
About the Document Freedom Day
The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for Document Liberation. It is a day of grassroots effort around the world to promote and build awareness for the relevance of Free Document Formats in particular and Open Standards in general. The DFD is supported by a large group of organisations and individuals, including, but not limited to Ars Aperta, COSS, Esoma, Free Software Foundations Europe and Latin America, IBM, NLnet, ODF Alliance, OpenForum Europe, OSL, iMatix, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, Inc., The Open Learning Centre, Opentia, Estandares Abiertos.
The list of DFD supporting groups can be found http://documentfreedom.org/Who
The list of DFD teams is available at http://documentfreedom.org/Category:Teams
Further information
Per l’evento è stata già fatta una pagina in lingua italiana, quindi non avete scuse per non partecipare. Si stanno formando tanti gruppi, l’Italia è presente, voi cosa aspettate ad organizzarvi?
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Categorie: Free Software, open source
Tag: Free Software, Italia, open source
marzo 10th, 2008 alle 23:41
Il 26 Marzo si terrà l’ottavo “Document Freedom Day”.
In tutto il mondo, numerosi gruppi di utenti, sostengono e pubblicizzano i formati aperti per i documenti, come ODF.
Il supporto non è visto solo in senso di utenza domestica, ma anche per la sua applicazione su vasta scala a livello di pubbliche amministrazioni, scuole, università ed enti governativi.
Il loro utilizzo consentirebbe, oltre ad una piena interoperabilità tra i vari sistemi, quindi la garanzia per tutti di libertà di scelta per il sistema operativo, ma anche una grande riduzione dei costi di gestione.
In un ottica nazionale, questo vorrebe poter dire una riduzione di spesa pubblica.
Il Free Software User Group Italia è orgoglioso di partecipare all’iniziativa internazionale, con un talk organizzato presso i locali del “Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica” dell’Università degli Studi di Perugia, in Via Vanvitelli 1.
Si ringrazia il direttore del Dipartimento, il Professor G. Vinti per la cortese ospitalità.
Per maggiori informazioni, visitare il sito Document Freedom.
oppure sul
http://www.fsugitalia.org/document-freedom.php