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Software Freedom Day! 2024

Kathmandu University, 21st September, 2024

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Software Freedom Day

Join us on Software Freedom Day (SFD), organized by Kathmandu University Open Source Community (KUOSC) with support from Gnome Nepal, to celebrate and promote Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Nepal through exciting talks, panel discussion, and networking opportunities!

Free And Open Software

FOSS

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) refers to software that anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study and change in any way that they want, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to volunterily improve the design of the software. Use of free software encourages learning and sharing what we have learned with others in the community. Other benifits of using FOSS would be to decreased software cost, protecting privecy and providing more control to the users.

KUOSC

KUOSC

Kathmandu University Open Source Community (KUOSC) is the Open Source related wing of KUCC. It is a vibrant historic community from Kathmandu University which provides a common platform for all FOSS enthusiasts to discuss, share, and learn about free and open source softwares. KUOSC is specifically focused on all the Open Source related activities ranging from training programs like Linux Talks, Useful Network Training to advocacy activities like Software Freedom Day celebration and organizing different community level workshops and events.

Events

SFD Eve

Date 20 September, 2024

Time 5 PM onwards

Venue KU Fountain

SFD Event

Date 21 September, 2024

Time 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Venue KU CIKU Hall

Schedule For The Event

Time

Topic

Speaker

11:10 - 11:15

Introduction to KUOSC, FOSS and SFD

Sugat Sujakhu

11:15 - 11:30

Introduction to GNOME Nepal

Aaditya Singh

11:30 - 11:45

The Origin of KUOSC

Prabin Gautam

11:45-12:10

DFF's Legacy and the Role of Local Communities

Jurgen Gaeremyn

12:10 - 12:40

A Fun Session about FOSS

Sabin Thapa

12:40 - 13:00

A Talk on Open Data

Nikesh Balami

13:00 - 13:30

Tea Break / Open Discussion

13:30 - 14:30

Panel Discussion

Saroj Dahal
Damodar Lohani
Sanjog Sigdel
Prayas Poudel

14:30 - 14:50

Open Source Licenses

Sunidhi Sharma

14:50 - 15:10

Containers and Virtualization

Aayush Pokharel

15:10 - 15:30

Introduction to Localization

Ashwini Subedi

15:30 - 15:45

Top Contributor Prize Distribution

15:45 - 16:00

Cake Cutting and photo session

Speakers

Jurgen Gaeremyn

Document Freedom
Foundation

Saroj Dahal

Content Creator at
EverydayKarma

Bishworaj Poudel

Content Creator at
Technology Channel

Nikesh Balami

Open Tech Community

Damodar Lohani

Open Source Contributor

Prayas Poudel

Open Source Contributor

Aaditya Singh

President, GNOME Nepal

Prabin Gautam

Past KUOSC Coordinator

Sanjog Sigdel

KUCC Advisor

Sabin Thapa

Github Campus Expert

Sugat Sujakhu

KUOSC Coordinator

Ashwini Subedi

KUOSC Member

Sunidhi Sharma

KUOSC Member

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