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=Manchester Free Software (MFS)=
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==Purpose==
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The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software philosophy].
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== Manchester Free Software (MFS) ==
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==About==
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This is the wiki of Manchester Free Software (MFS). There are other [[#Free Software related groups|Free Software related groups]] in Manchester but MFS is the only one that focuses on the Free Software philosophy. We are '''not''' FSF Manchester although we share much of the FSF philosophy. One example of disagreement is that we regard [http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] as a good Free Software choice whereas FSF do not[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/common-distros.html].
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There are other [[#Free Software related groups|Free Software related groups]] in Manchester but MFS is the only one that focuses on the Free Software philosophy. We are '''not''' FSF Manchester although we share much of the FSF philosophy.
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== Mailing List ==
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'''Join the mailing list at [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester fsuk-manchester mailing list]. This is where we discuss Free Software issues, events and news.'''
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==Group Meetings==
  
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Manchester Free Software was formed in response to the growing need for a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software] and [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html GNU/Linux] primarily, but also on issues such as [http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Digital Restrictions Management] and other issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.
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Group meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month at 19:00. We normally have a talk with questions and then
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continue discussions informally. These meetings are currently held at [https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/tech-incubator/ Manchester Technology Centre - Tech Incubator]. Details are posted to the [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester fsuk-manchester mailing list] beforehand.
  
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Anybody is welcome to the meetings, but you will be particularly interested if you are into such things as
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==Events==
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* [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
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In addition to the [[Manchester/Meetings#Group_Meetings|Group Meetings]], MFS organises and helps out with special events in order to promote the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software philosophy]. If you have an event you would like us help out with, or that we might be interested in, please get in contact with [[#Team|the team]] at [mailto:fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org]. '''We wish to attend a broad range of events.'''
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* [http://www.gnu.org/ GNU Project] including [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#why GNU/Linux]
 
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* [http://progfree.org/ League for Programming Freedom]
 
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* Free as in freedom BSDs like [http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD], [http://www.netbsd.org/ NetBSD], [http://www.openbsd.org/ OpenBSD].
 
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* [http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ Open Rights Group]
 
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* [http://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto.html Mozilla project]
 
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* [http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ OSS Watch]
 
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* [http://www.hackspace.org.uk/ Hackspace Foundation]
 
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* [http://www.mysociety.org/ mySociety]
 
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* [http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ anti-Digital Restrictions Management]
 
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* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]
 
  
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== What about other groups in the local area? ==
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Meetings and events are now posted to the mailing list only and not here.  The mailing list archives can be read at [https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fsuk-manchester/ fsuk-manchester Archives] and we recommend you join the [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester fsuk-manchester mailing list].
  
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Manchester has a healthy tradition of groups based on free software technologies, but these groups suffer from a tendency to focus on mixing free software with proprietary software, or even proprietary operating systems, such as Mac OS X. Worse still, many of the groups are suffering from a strong bias against groups like the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.
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==You Can Help==
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Find out [[Manchester/Actions|what needs to be done]] to keep the group running.
  
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We anticipate that this group can happily co-exist with the others. Both the BSD and LUG groups have many members in common, and we hope many of them will want to belong to our group as well.
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==Speakers==
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We’re always looking for new speakers. If you have suggestions for speakers, or would like to speak yourself, please go on to the [[Manchester/Speakers|Speakers]] page for more information.
  
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== [[Manchester/Meetings|Meetings]] ==
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==Team==
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Contact the MFS Team at [mailto:fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org].
  
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Group meetings occur on the third Tuesday of the month at 19:00. Details are posted on the [http://manchester.fsuk.org/ web site], on this wiki in the [[Manchester/Meetings#Group_Meetings|Group Meetings]] table and to the [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester fsuk-manchester mailing list] prior.
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Information for [[Manchester/Team|Team]] members.
  
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Administrative meetings happen on the second Monday of the month. The time and location will be stated in the agenda for the next meeting which is on this wiki in the [[Manchester/Meetings#Administrative_Meetings|Administrative Meetings]] table and will be posted on the [http://manchester.fsuk.org/ web site] and to the [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester fsuk-manchester mailing list].
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==FAQ==
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Questions that we get asked and the answers are in the [[Manchester/FAQ|FAQ]].
  
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See the [[Manchester/Meetings|Meetings]] page for more details.
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==Publicity==
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When publicising meetings or events we inform various [[Manchester/Meetings/Publicity|online communities]].
  
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== Events ==
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A general list of [[Manchester/Publicity/Places|places to publicise]] Manchester Free Software.
  
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* [[Manchester/Logo Competition|Logo Competition]] - details and entries for our logo competition, 2009.
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A list of [[Manchester/Publicity/Materials|materials]] to use when publicising Manchester Free Software.
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* [[Manchester/SFD2009|SFD 2009]] - plans for our [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] 2009 event
 
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* [[Free The Library 2008]] - our planned [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] event
 
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* [[Showcase 08]]
 
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* [[Euro Elections 2009]] - Manchester Free Software petitions the candidates
 
  
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== [[Manchester/Projects|Projects]] ==
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==History==
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A list of projects that Manchester Free Software is involved in.
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Manchester Free Software was formed in response to the growing need for a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software] and [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html GNU/Linux] primarily, but also on issues such as [http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Digital Restrictions Management] and other issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.
  
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== [[Manchester/Actions|You Can Help]] ==
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=== Historic ===
  
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Find out [[Manchester/Actions|what needs to be done]] to keep the group running
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From when this wiki was used to list group meetings and events.  Now these are posted to the mailing list only.
  
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The [[Manchester/ltsp|instructions for setting up]] a LTSP cluster.
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==== Historic Group Meetings ====
  
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== [[Manchester/Speakers|Speakers]] ==
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* [[Manchester/Meetings#Group_Meetings|Historic Group Meetings]].
  
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We’re always looking for new speakers.  If you have suggestions for speakers, or would like to speak yourself, please go on to the [[Manchester/Speakers|Speakers]] page for more information.
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==== Historic Events ====
  
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== Publicity ==
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* MFS 7th Birthday celebration Thursday, 13 November 2014
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* [http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2014/UK/Manchester Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2014 in Manchester] - Saturday, September 20th, 2014 - http://softwarefreedomday.org/
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* MFS 6th Birthday (and GNU 30th) celebration at the [http://www.redhot-worldbuffet.com/restaurant/manchester Red Hot World Buffet] - 19:00 (for 19:30) until 21:00 - Wed, 13 Nov 2013
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* [http://oggcamp.org/ OggCamp2013] - Sat-Sun, 19-20 Oct 2013
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* [http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/UK/Manchester Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2013 in Manchester] - Saturday, September 21st, 2013 - http://softwarefreedomday.org/
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* [[Manchester/HFD2013|Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) 2013 in Manchester]] - Saturday, April 20th, 2013 - http://hfday.org/
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* [[Manchester/DayAgainstDRM2012|International Day Against DRM 2012 Manchester]] - Friday, 4th May 2012 - [http://dayagainstdrm.org/ International Day Against DRM]
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* [[Manchester/ChorltonBigGreenFestival2012|Chorlton's Big Green Festival 2012]] - Saturday, 31st March 2012 - [http://greenchorlton.org.uk/ Chorlton's Big Green Festival]
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* [[Manchester/ManchesterAnarchistBookfair2011|Manchester Anarchist Bookfair 2011]] - Saturday, 3rd December 2011. 10am-4pm - [http://www.underthepavement.org/bookfair/ Manchester Anarchist Bookfair site]
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* [[Manchester/GamingFreedomTalk|Extraordinary Talk: Game On - Game Creation and Distribution with Gluon]] - Monday, 28th November 2011. 19:00-20:30. - [http://gamingfreedom.org/ GamingFreedom.org]
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* [[Manchester/FLOSSUK2011|FLOSSUK Unconference 2011]] - Saturday, 8th October, 2011 - http://www.flossuk.org/Events/Unconference2011 (Note that Manchester Free Software is a Free Software group not a FLOSS group, see [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software])
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* [[Manchester/SFD2011|Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2011 in Manchester]] - Saturday, September 17th, 2011 - http://softwarefreedomday.org/
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* [[Manchester/ChorltonBigGreenFestival2011|Chorlton's Big Green Festival 2011]] - Saturday, 16th April 2011 - [http://greenchorlton.org.uk/ Chorlton's Big Green Festival]
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* [[Manchester/GnomeThreePointZero|GNOME 3.0 Launch Party]] - Sunday, 10th April 2011. 14:00-17:00. - [http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero GNOME 3.0]
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* [http://ucubed.info/ Ucubed] - Saturday, 2nd of April 2011. 10:00-17:00. An event to encourage community involvement in Ubuntu and Debian based distributions using the freedom given by free software.
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* [[Manchester/UbuntuBeginnersWorkshop11.02|Ubuntu beginners workshop: the system and the philosophy 11.02]] - Saturday, 19th February 2011 - Importantly this will be about [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html the system] '''and''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html the philosophy].
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* [[Manchester/ManchesterAnarchistBookfair2010|Manchester Anarchist Bookfair 2010]] - Saturday, 2nd October 2010 - [http://www.underthepavement.org/manchesterbookfair/ Manchester Anarchist Bookfair site]
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* [[Manchester/SFD2010|Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2010 in Manchester]] - Saturday, September 18th, 2010 - http://softwarefreedomday.org/
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* [http://u-cubed.eventbrite.com/ U<sup>3</sup> - Ubuntu and Upstream UnWorkshop Day] - Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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* [[Manchester/Ubuntu10.04Jam|Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" Jam in Manchester]] - [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams Ubuntu Jams]
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* [[Manchester/ChorltonBigGreenFestival2010|Chorlton's Big Green Festival 2010]] - [http://greenchorlton.org.uk/ Chorlton's Big Green Festival]
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* [[Manchester/Logo Competition|Logo Competition]] - details and entries for our logo competition, 2009.
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* [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/manchester Software Freedom Day 2009 in Manchester] - plans for our [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] 2009 event
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* [[Free The Library 2008]] - our planned [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] event
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* [[Showcase 08]]
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* [[Euro Elections 2009]] - Manchester Free Software petitions the candidates
  
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When publicising meetings or events we inform various [[Manchester/Meetings/Publicity|online communities]].
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==== Historic Projects ====
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[[Manchester/Projects|Projects]] that Manchester Free Software is involved in.
  
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A general list of [[Manchester/Publicity/Places|places to publicise]] Manchester Free Software.
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==== Historic Merchandise ====
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We have a selection of [[Manchester/Merchandise|books, badges and stickers for sale]], some kindly donated by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]. Proceeds go to Manchester Free Software to fund our work.
  
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A list of [[Manchester/Publicity/Materials|materials]] to use when publicising Manchester Free Software.
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==What about other groups in the local area?==
  
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== [[Manchester/Merchandise|Merchandise]] ==
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Manchester has a healthy tradition of groups based on free software technologies, but these groups suffer from a tendency to focus on mixing free software with proprietary software, or even proprietary operating systems, such as Mac OS X. Worse still, many of the groups are suffering from a strong bias against groups like the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.
  
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We have a selection of [[Manchester/Merchandise|books, badges and stickers for sale]], kindly donated by the Free Software Foundation. Proceeds go to both the FSF and Manchester Free Software.
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We anticipate that this group can happily co-exist with the others. Both the BSD and LUG groups have many members in common, and we hope many of them will want to belong to our group as well.
  
 
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* [[Perl User Groups, Manchester]]
 
 
* [[GNU/Linux User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[GNU/Linux User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[Free Software User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[Free Software User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[PHP User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[PHP User Groups, Manchester]]
 
* [[Hurd User Groups, Manchester]]
 
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* [http://nwrug.org/ NW Ruby Users Group]
  
 
See also - [[Manchester/Coworking|Manchester Co-working]]
 
See also - [[Manchester/Coworking|Manchester Co-working]]
  
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Manchester Free Software (MFS)

Purpose

The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software philosophy.

About

There are other Free Software related groups in Manchester but MFS is the only one that focuses on the Free Software philosophy. We are not FSF Manchester although we share much of the FSF philosophy.

Mailing List

Join the mailing list at fsuk-manchester mailing list. This is where we discuss Free Software issues, events and news.

Group Meetings

Group meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month at 19:00. We normally have a talk with questions and then continue discussions informally. These meetings are currently held at Manchester Technology Centre - Tech Incubator. Details are posted to the fsuk-manchester mailing list beforehand.

Events

In addition to the Group Meetings, MFS organises and helps out with special events in order to promote the Free Software philosophy. If you have an event you would like us help out with, or that we might be interested in, please get in contact with the team at fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org. We wish to attend a broad range of events.

Meetings and events are now posted to the mailing list only and not here. The mailing list archives can be read at fsuk-manchester Archives and we recommend you join the fsuk-manchester mailing list.

You Can Help

Find out what needs to be done to keep the group running.

Speakers

We’re always looking for new speakers. If you have suggestions for speakers, or would like to speak yourself, please go on to the Speakers page for more information.

Team

Contact the MFS Team at fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org.

Information for Team members.

FAQ

Questions that we get asked and the answers are in the FAQ.

Publicity

When publicising meetings or events we inform various online communities.

A general list of places to publicise Manchester Free Software.

A list of materials to use when publicising Manchester Free Software.

History

Manchester Free Software was formed in response to the growing need for a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on Free Software and GNU/Linux primarily, but also on issues such as Digital Restrictions Management and other issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.

Historic

From when this wiki was used to list group meetings and events. Now these are posted to the mailing list only.

Historic Group Meetings

Historic Events

Historic Projects

Projects that Manchester Free Software is involved in.

Historic Merchandise

We have a selection of books, badges and stickers for sale, some kindly donated by the Free Software Foundation. Proceeds go to Manchester Free Software to fund our work.

What about other groups in the local area?

Manchester has a healthy tradition of groups based on free software technologies, but these groups suffer from a tendency to focus on mixing free software with proprietary software, or even proprietary operating systems, such as Mac OS X. Worse still, many of the groups are suffering from a strong bias against groups like the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.

We anticipate that this group can happily co-exist with the others. Both the BSD and LUG groups have many members in common, and we hope many of them will want to belong to our group as well.

Free Software related groups

See also - Manchester Co-working


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