How one Melburnian spent Software Freedom Day
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 20, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
But for computer science student Minh Van Nguyen, it was a wee bit different. A full-time user of free and open source software for the last three years, he was up bright and early and off to the Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne's south-east to spread the message of free software.
Saturday, September 20, was observed around the world as Software Freedom Day, a day on which there is "a global, grassroots effort to tell people about the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software."
This was Nguyen's second effort as a volunteer. "My first time was during the 2008 celebration, in which I gave a talk on free and open source software in science education. I definitely look forward to volunteering to help out in any way I can during next year's SFD," he told iTWire.
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