Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. Over 330 teams took part in SFD 2007, celebrating Free Software at schools, universities, parks, and many other public places. SFD worldwide is held on the third Saturday in September.
Software Freedom Day 2008 is Saturday 20th September.
Government Information Systems is hosting a mini forum on Friday May 02, 2008. Themes include standards, green computing and geospatial data management/availability, all areas of interest to NZOSS. GOVIS is planning these one day mini-conferences in the years between the two yearly GOVIS conferences.