Congress of Free Software will be in the Capital – Correo del Sur

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According to Roger Barja, the community of Software Sucre Free consists of 20 people including students and very busy professional, but when there are events attended by more than a hundred

After a decade, Sucre again will host the Sixteenth National Congress of Free Software (CONASOL) to be held between October and November 2016.

Participate three generations of drivers and community activists Bolivia Free Software ; between old and new is expected to receive more than a thousand people, said a member of the community of Software Sucre Free, Roger Barja.

In the fifteenth CONASOL 2015, held two weeks ago in Beni, the Software community Sucre Free proposed to host an offer that was unanimously supported by voting.

For the organizers will not be a new experience, because in 2004 Sucre hosted another conference that was rated the best by the experts participated as the founder of free software, Richard Stallman.

The event will be organized together with other public and private institutions in the city. Currently at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar (UASB), a master of free software is delivered with the participation of 42 Grandee.

“The idea is to show the work being done by master’s students and other projects to be born there. Also, the software community Sucre Libre aims to develop some projects to display at the event, “said the coordinator of the master’s UASB, Marcelo Quispe.

The community of Software Sucre Free consists of 20 people , very active students and professionals, but when there are events attended by more than a hundred and website of this group has more than 500 followers.

We define free software as a kind of computer program that respects the users’ freedom; use is a political and ethical decision that allows citizens to exercise their right to learn and to share what is practiced with others.

“Free software is a movement, it is a philosophy and way of life, protecting the privacy rights of others, such as computer know what to do with software that may affect the privacy of individuals, ie free software defends collective freedom, “Barja said.