free-software-melbourne

Software Freedom Day will be on Saturday, 21 September, 09:30-17:00, at the Melbourne Unitarian Church
hall in East Melbourne.

More details on this event can be found in the following links:

http://luv.asn.au/2013/09/21

http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/SFD

It should be an exciting day, so I hope you all can make it!

There has also been the suggestion of perhaps doing an informal hacking day to celebrate GNU's 30th birthday. Stay tuned to the free-software-melb mailing list if this interests you, and feel free to suggest a venue if anyone has any ideas.

https://www.gnu.org/gnu30/

Free Software Melbourne discussion group

We're a group who meet monthly to discuss free software and related issues. Our aims are to:

- Connect people interested in free software issues
- Share knowledge and experience, eg. understanding free software licensing
- Support and encourage free software advocacy
- Work together on solving issues local to Australia, eg. that software by the Australian Tax Office is proprietary

We're part of LibrePlanet, a network of free software groups all around the world. We share the values of the Free Software Foundation on the GNU Project. We're also part of the fledgling Australian Free Software Association.

We're non-technical and fill a niche that complements more technical GNU/Linux user groups like the Linux Users of Victoria or the Melbourne Linux Users Group.

Join our mailing lists

Join our announcement list (archives) to hear about upcoming meetings and events. Join our discussion list (archives) to hear from and talk to other members of the free software community.
Attend our monthly discussion group

Each month (third Thursday), we meet to discuss one or more free software issues. It is a relaxed "sit around and chat" type event. No prior knowledge is expected.

VPAC Head Office Training Room
Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street
Carlton South