Swathanthra, a Free Software Users Group initiative by St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai, will be launched officially by Richard M. Stallman, father of Free Software movement on 9th September, 2010 at 10:30 am. The event is titled Swathanthra 1.0.
The mission of the users group is to spread knowledge about free software and also to promote the usage of GNU/Linux OS among students and public.
After the Inaugurals Richard M. Stallman will deliver a lecture on the ‘Free Software and your Freedom’, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system specifically to establish these freedoms.
As part of the event seminars and exhibitions on free software and evolution of free software will be organized.
For registration log on to their website.