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Software Freedom Day - 20th September 2008
Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:56 — nagarajSoftware Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere!
First Open Access Day
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 20:17 — nagarajOctober 14, 2008 will be the world’s first Open Access Day.
The founding partners are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
Open Access Day will help to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access, including recent mandates and emerging policies, within the international higher education community and the general public.
Sources: www.openaccessday.org