Document Freedom Day Celebrates Open Standards
The first Document Freedom Day (DFD), on March 26, 2008, was a global rally for Document Liberation and Open Standards awareness. It focused on raising global awareness of technology standards that are publicly available to read and use free of charge; OpenOffice.org is an example of such open standard software.
Open Standards help to read documents regardless of the software used to create them; it brings about competition in both hardware and software, ultimately aiding in equitable pricing of technology. DFD flags were raised for the first time in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North and South America during the DFD 2008 celebration. Additionally, various events and activities were organized by numerous countries for the rally.
Today, March 31, 2010, will be the DFD 2010 celebration. Teams of volunteers from various countries such as South Africa, the Republic of Moldova, Greece, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Romania, Slovenia, Australia, and Germany planned activities that will continue to spread the messages of the first and subsequent DFD rallies.
This year’s message is “we want to communicate and to work together effectively”. As noted on the Document Freedom Blog, this message is specifically addressed to businesses such as radio stations, public bodies, administrations and government services.
To continue viewing and commenting on the activities surrounding DFD 2010, you can visit the Document Freedom Blog.
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