Celebrate software freedom

Now here’s something every thriftmac reader should get behind: Software Freedom Day is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Already more than 200 teams have been organized to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Events are planned for every continent in the world.

While much of this is oriented toward open source operating systems, such as Linux, Mac users are lucky to have access to many open source programs on their own platform. To get an idea of just how many FOSS apps there are for the Mac, check out Open Source Mac.

Get the full scoop at the Software Freedom Day website, and look to see if there is even planned near where you live. Chances are there is.

Posted Thursday, September 6, 2007 in Open-source