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I Love Free Software Day — Embracing the power of a thank you

on YouTube 14m
Talkat SFSCON 2025 · 2025-11-07..11-08· [open-source]

speaker

name:Ana Galan
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/uYfZo0ERi-4
slides:none on file

summary

A yearly campaign on 14 February that deliberately thanks free software contributors and focuses this year on maintainers, using physical postcards (a conference booth will mail them), stickers and a web serpic generator, plus local meetups; last year it runs 19 events in 11 countries. The claim is that genuine thank‑yous boost maintainer motivation and public visibility. It relies on simple outreach tools, volunteer coordination and donations for printing, and it is growing year over year.

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chapters (7)

  1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
  2. 1:07What is I Love Free Software Day
  3. 3:14Ways to celebrate the day
  4. 5:23Why saying thank you matters
  5. 6:45Planning your celebration
  6. 8:09Spreading the message
  7. 9:15Closing and Q&A

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