Document Freedom Day

Blog entry Submitted by George on 26. March 2010 - 14:41.

Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a day designed to "raise awareness about document freedom"[1] "on the last Wednesday of March"[2]. Document Freedom Day was first celebrated on March 26, 2008.

According to Ars Technica, more than "200 groups in 60 countries" are actively involved in DFD[3].

DFD's main goals are:

  • promotion and adoption of free document formats
  • forming a global network
  • coordination of activities that happen on last Wednesday of March, Document Freedom Day[4]
  • In 2009 the Document Freedom Day was on March 25[5] .

In 2010 it will be held on Wednesday 31st.

  1. ^ "Today is Document Freedom Day". Official Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/today-is-document-freedom-day.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  2. ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  3. ^ "Happy Document Freedom Day, a day of "document liberation"". http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080326-happy-document-freedom-day-a-day-of-document-liberation.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ "About - Document Freedom Day". http://www.documentfreedom.org/About. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  5. ^ "Announcing Document Freedom Day 09 / DFD Blog now online". http://blog.documentfreedom.org/2009/02/announcing-document-freedom-day-09//. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

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