"Please join the Free Software Foundation as part of an international day celebrating software freedom. We'll be one of the many groups around the world hosting an event that day (see http://softwarefreedomday.org). Keep an eye on the wiki page below for more information including a schedule of activities! ..."

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.

"What a lovely day we had for our Software Freedom Day 2009 celebration [...] We did a great job promoting software freedom..."

If free software is so commonplace, then why of all things should we celebrate its freedom? Isn't that as absurd as celebrating the freedom of your fridge to keep your milk fresh, or the freedom of your toaster to toast your toast?

"The 2009 Software Freedom Day took place on Saturday 19th September. The Linux Users of Victoria group organized the celebration at Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne, Australia. I have uploaded some photos taken during the day to..."

"Yesterday was the Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2009 in Guatemala. For the event arrived almost 35 people and I was one of them..."

"Today we are launching our year-end fundraiser to support our 2009 campaign goals for software freedom. Our target is 750 new FSF members and donors by January 31..."

"Its time to celebrate the Software Freedom. The Software Freedom Day is on September 19th. I am also participating in the SFD2009 @ Kochi events. The event will be conducted at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamasserry, Cochin on 17th September. Its a one day program..."

In 2008, the open source community saw the year end with a headline-catching lawsuit, the Free Software Foundation files suit against Cisco for General Public License (GPL) violations. Not to be outdone, 2009 also ended with a bang.