User:Anupama Srinivas/sandbox/Hardware Freedom Day

Hardware Freedom Day is celebrated to uphold the spirit of Open Hardware and make more people aware of using and contributing to Free/Open Hardware projects. It was initiated in 2012 by the Digital Freedom Foundation

Goals

 * To spread awareness about Free/Open Hardware
 * To encourage user contribution
 * Provide a common platform for people passionate about Open Hardware to share their ideas and interests

Schedule
Anybody can organize a Hardware Freedom Day event and there is no rigid schedule followed. Digital Freedom Foundation co-ordinates the event at a global level, providing support,giveaways and a centralized collaboration space. However, volunteer teams around the world organize the events by themselves.

Some common activities of Hardware Freedom Day events are
 * Workshops on various kinds of Open Hardware
 * Open Hacking competitions
 * Demonstrations of Open Hardware projects
 * Introduction of new projects in Open Hardware
 * Talks

Open Hardware
In the context of Hardware Freedom Day, the term Open Hardware encompasses physical devices whose design can be
 * Shared in public without restriction
 * Freely modified and re-distributed

The design includes all information that a person would need to re-create the device