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Share the story of your free software journey! - January 20, 2022
by
Greg Farough
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Published on
Jan 14, 2022 12:50 PM
When
Jan 20, 2022
from
02:00 PM
to
04:30 PM
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Online
Contact Name
Campaigns Team
Share the story of your free software journey.
What's your free software story?
Each of us has our own story to share about how we came to free
software. For some, it might have been something as simple as learning
about it from a friend. Others may have come to GNU/Linux through an
article online or in a magazine, and at least a few lucky members of
our community will have grown up with free software being used in the
home. As part of our
Freedom Ladder
initiative, we want to take
the time to highlight these stories, and distill what we can from them
in order to help more and more people join the free software movement.
Our stories may differ widely, but we're confident that we can learn
something of value from each of them, and use them as tools to help
lead others to freedom.
We're inviting
you
to a live session on
January 20
starting at 14:00 EST (19:00 UTC), in the #fsf channel of the
Libera.Chat IRC network. During this time, we'll be having an
impromptu discussion about our own free software journeys, and opening
a convenient place for you to share your own with us. Although it's
not necessary to participate in the IRC session to submit your story
to the campaign, we hope that you'll take the time to join us!
How to participate
If you haven't already, now would be a good time to read the
Freedom Ladder
campaigns page on the
LibrePlanet wiki
This is where we've been publicly developing our campaign materials.
In the days leading up to the event, start thinking of the parts of
your story that you most want to share, and which parts of your
story you feel might be the most helpful to others. If you like, you
might write parts of your story down to help you remember.
Join the FSF's live discussion on Thursday, January 20th at 14:00
EST (19:00 UTC). This is your opportunity to share your story, and
listen to others' stories!
You can share your story with us
via this form and questionnaire
If you're unable to attend the event, would prefer not to speak, or
would like to share your story in another way, you can do so on the
Ladder's LibrePlanet wiki
page, or by writing
campaigns@fsf.org
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