The October administrative meeting will be on the second Monday of the month at the usual time and place:
The meeting is open to everyone. The meeting normally lasts about an hour and we stay in the pub for some time later, so it’s a good opportunity to have a chat and a drink.
You can find the minutes of September’s meeting on the FSF Groups wiki. The agenda will be published closer to the time of the meeting.
Saturday 20th September is Software Freedom Day. As many of you will know, this is a worldwide event designed to promote software freedom and Manchester Free Software (like many other groups across the country and the world) will be hosting an event to celebrate.
As a group we like to celebrate software freedom everyday, but on Saturday 20th September we will be getting together with a whole host of people to talk about and demonstrate free software. The event will take place at the Marbella Cafe on Newton Street from 11am to 4pm.
We will have a number of Internet connected PCs available, which will be used to demonstrate LTSP. The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is designed to be used on low powered machines and so is brilliant for reusing old computers in schools or community projects.
Everyone is welcome and there will be plenty of people there who are learning about free software for the first time. We will be giving away CDs, leaflets and stickers. I’m also told that the cafe serves great food (veggie and vegan friendly).
On Tuesday 16th of September, Dave Crossland will be talking about software freedom in the typography world.
In the talk entitled ‘Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)’, Dave will discuss the importance of fonts within free software. Speaking about how fonts count as free software and how to contribute to existing free fonts, as well as how to make your own. The talk will cover many important issues within free software, including trademarks, patents and copyright.
The meeting will take place at 19:00 in the Manchester Digital Development Agency on Portland Street. More about the meetings and venue can be found on our meetings page.
If you’re coming, feel free to add yourself to the FSF Groups wiki page or sign up on the Upcoming event page. If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please add yourself to the wiki or contact us.