Three of the mayor Digital freedom groups around Boston metro(Free Culture Boston, Binary Freedom Boston and the Free Software Foundation) got together for a one day event in Encuentro5 in Chinatown Boston. We got a great
turn out with more than 90 people on our workshops,presentations and such.This was a great

"...The Free Software Foundation is hosting a Boston event to honor Software Freedom Day, an international holiday that was observed on every continent but Antarctica last year. The FSF will be one of more than 200 teams hosting events around the world. Boston's celebration is especially notable because this is where the free software movement began. Richard M.

"Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Bradley Kuhn and Karen Sandler at the Software Freedom Law Center about FSF's campaigns in general and our recent involvement in the RIAA lawsuits specifically, for an episode of their podcast..." -- via John Sullivan
FSF operations manager - Free Software Foundation

"...There is a battle underway between those who value freedom, and corporations such as Microsoft who wish to profit by taking that freedom away. DRM and absurd licenses are at the heart of that battle. Please join us on the side of freedom by saying NO not just to Windows Vista and other DRM-enabled products, but to proprietary software in general.

"BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 -- On Saturday, September 19th, Boston's casual free software users and the technologically curious will gather together for a Software Freedom Day event hosted by the Free Software Foundation [...] Richard M.

The free software community understands that free software gives the user more freedom than proprietary software. Proprietary software confines its users, prohibits them from making changes that would allow everyone to benefit, etc. Free software advocates (myself included) have a habit of claiming that using free (libre) software means the same thing as having freedom.

On 19 September, we celebrate Software Freedom Day. At tomorrow's Boston gathering, I will have an opportunity to thank the Free Software Foundation on behalf of Sugar Labs for their support. I will also have a chance to tell the story of Sugar, our efforts to help children learn to learn and learn to love and exercise their freedom. I will also solicit your help.

With the Software Freedom Day fast approaching, the Free Software Foundation and communities across the world are planning their activities and are preparing to celebrate and promote Free Software in their region.

"On the afternoon of September 15, 2007, the Free Software Foundation and BinaryFreedom (http://binaryfreedom.info) are hosting a Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org) event in downtown Boston..."