Document Freedom Day
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Document Freedom Day is a day designed to "raise awareness about document freedom" "on the last Wednesday of March". Document Freedom Day was first celebrated on March 26, 2008, and is organised and funded by the Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software Foundation Europe
The Free Software Foundation Europe was founded in 2001 as an official European sister organization of the U.S.-based Free Software Foundation to take care of all aspects of free software in Europe. FSF and FSFE are financially and legally separate entities.FSFE believes that access to and...

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According to Ars Technica
Ars Technica
Ars Technica is a technology news and information website created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games. Ars Technica is known for its features, long articles that go...

, more than "200 groups in 60 countries" are actively involved in DFD.

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

  • In 2009 Document Freedom Day was on March 25.
  • In 2010 Document Freedom Day was on March 30.


In 2011 it will be held on Wednesday March 30.
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