Editing Software Freedom Day (section)

{{Short description|Celebration of free software}}
{{primary sources|date=December 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
[[File:SFDLogo.svg|thumb|250px|right|Software Freedom Day logo]]
[[File:Budi Luhur University Software Freedom Day 2018 UI and UX seminar.jpg|thumb|Software Freedom Day 2018 seminar at [[Budi Luhur University]], Jakarta, Indonesia]]
'''Software Freedom Day''' ('''SFD''') is an annual [[list of minor secular observances#September|worldwide celebration]] of [[Free Software]] organized by the [[Digital Freedom Foundation]] (DFF). SFD is a public education effort with the aim of [[awareness raising|increasing awareness]] of Free Software and its virtues, and encouraging its use.

SFD was established in 2004 and was first observed on 28 August of that year. About 12 teams participated in the first Software Freedom Day. Since that time it has grown in popularity and while organisers anticipated more than 1,000 teams in 2010<ref>[http://fred.dao2.com/sfd-work-update/ Fred Muller's blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926140028/https://fred.dao2.com/sfd-work-update/ |date=26 September 2019 }} (President of Software Freedom International)</ref> the event has stalled at around 400+ locations over the past two years, representing a 30% decrease over 2009.

Since 2006, Software Freedom Day has been held on the third Saturday of September. In 2025, this event will be held on the 20th of September.

[[File:Wikimedia_Philippines_at_the_Software_Freedom_Day_2011.jpg|thumb|Students lined up to register at the Software Freedom Day 2011 event in the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines]]