September 2008
SPACE celebrates Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day 2008 was jointly celebrated by SPACE, FSF India and GNU/Linux users group, Thiruvananthapuram on 20 Septemper 2008 at Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.
Programming contest for students
As a part of this year's Software Freedom Day celebrations we have announced a programming contest for students irrespective of the course they are pursuing.
The contest is based on the tutorial maSH - the true story of a shell. Please see the contest page for more information.
A cash award of Rs. 5000/- will be awarded to the best coder based on the quality of their code and creativity.
Instructions to the maSH contestants
The competition is about adding some interesting builtin command of your choice to maSH.
The source code for maSH can be downloaded from here
the presentation : MaSH - the true story of a shell
the presentation : GNU Build Tools
Requirements
MaSH : the true story of a shell
MaSH : the true story of a shell
As part of the Software Freedom Day celebrations on 20.September.2008, a workshop titled "maSH - the true story of shell" will be held between 4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m at the Press Club, Thirvananthapuram.
Software Freedom Day 2008
SPACE, Free Software Foundation of India and GNU/Linux users group, Thiruvananthapuram will organise a host of programmes to mark Software Freedom Day on 20 September 2008 at
Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.
Programme Schedule
Morning Session (10.00 am 1.00 pm)