Environmentalists will be joined together by Free Software on March 31st when Manchester's "Big Green Festival" and Leicester's "Green Light Festival" are bridged by Free Software for participants to share thoughts and pictures between locations in real-time.
-Dubbed the "Green Bridge", festival-goers at both locations will be in touch by text and imagestream powered by Free Software systems. Sam Tuke and Anna Morris will be at the Manchester site providing information and demonstrations of freedom-respecting software, while Paula Graham of Fossbox will be connecting environmentalists on the other side from a booth in Leicester.
+Dubbed the "Green Bridge", festival-goers at both locations will be in touch by text and imagestream powered using Free Software systems. Sam Tuke and Anna Morris will be at the Manchester site providing information and demonstrations of freedom-respecting software, while FSFE Fellows will be connecting environmentalists on the other side from a booth in Leicester.
"The ability to communicate without restrictions in a private and trustworthy way is very important to the green movement, and is something that only Free Software can provide," said Mr Tuke, FSFE's UK Coordinator. "Many environmentalists understand the importance of freedom, especially when it comes to fighting for political issues."