Free Software Street
Encyclopedia
Free Software Street is a street
about 300 metres from the city of Berga
, in the province of Barcelona
, Spain
, located from the coordinates (42.097168° N, 1.841567° W) to (42.096138° N, 1.839265° W).
It is the first in the world dedicated to the Free Software
movement, and was officially opened by Free Software Foundation
founder Richard Stallman
on 3 July 2010.
In January 2010, the second edition of the conferences about free software were being prepared and it was decided to invite Richard Stallman to participate in them and in the opening of the street, as well. A part from that, finally the contacts with the politicians in the Town Council were successful and on 10 June 2010 the municipality decided to name a street in Berga "Carrer del Programari Lliure" (Free Software Street).
On 3 July the major of Berga, Juli Gendrau, and Richard Stallman inaugurated the street.
Street
A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...
about 300 metres from the city of Berga
Berga
Berga is the capital of the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia, Spain.- History :Berga derives its name from the Bergistani, an Iberian tribe that lived in the area before the Roman conquest. The Bergistani were first subdued by Hannibal in 218 BC...
, in the province of Barcelona
Barcelona (province)
Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia.-Overview:It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea....
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, located from the coordinates (42.097168° N, 1.841567° W) to (42.096138° N, 1.839265° W).
It is the first in the world dedicated to the Free Software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
movement, and was officially opened by Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software...
founder Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman
Richard Matthew Stallman , often shortened to rms,"'Richard Stallman' is just my mundane name; you can call me 'rms'"|last= Stallman|first= Richard|date= N.D.|work=Richard Stallman's homepage...
on 3 July 2010.
History
In June 2009 Albert Molina, Xavier Gassó and Abel Parera prepared, from the Telecentre of Berga, the first free software conference in this town. After this conference they thought that a street in Berga could be named Free Software Street (Carrer del Programari Lliure, in Catalan), so they asked for it to the Town Council of Berga.In January 2010, the second edition of the conferences about free software were being prepared and it was decided to invite Richard Stallman to participate in them and in the opening of the street, as well. A part from that, finally the contacts with the politicians in the Town Council were successful and on 10 June 2010 the municipality decided to name a street in Berga "Carrer del Programari Lliure" (Free Software Street).
On 3 July the major of Berga, Juli Gendrau, and Richard Stallman inaugurated the street.