Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF) is a non-profit organisation that acts as the official organiser of Software, Hardware, and other Freedom Days, and is the legal body that handles donations, sponsorship contracts, and accounting. DFF has successfully obtained a tax-exempt status in the USA where it was registered as Software Freedom International, in order to make donations tax-deductible. Since it has moved to Hong Kong and is now registering in Cambodia due to board members relocation.
The organization was started in 2004 under the name Software Freedom International and formally registered as a charity in 2007. Name change to DFF happened in the beginning of 2011, reflecting its organisation of additional freedom days for culture, hardware, and education. Document Freedom Day, initially organized by the Free Software Foundation Europe, had its organization transferred to DFF in 2015.
The Digital Freedom Foundation also organizes other Freedom Day events:
Education Freedom Day (third Saturday in January)
Document Freedom Day (last Wednesday of March)
Hardware Freedom Day (third Saturday in April)
Culture Freedom Day (third Saturday in May)
Software Freedom Day (third Saturday in September)
Frederic Muller (President), founding member and former President of the Beijing GNU/Linux User Group, co-organizer of many international FOSS events in China and Asia such as the Linux Developer Symposium (2008), Gnome.Asia Summits, OOoCon 2008, and of course local SFD events. Fred is as well as co-maintainer of RUR-PLE (a python learning environment for children) and a GNOME Foundation member.
Pockey Lam (VP, Treasurer), Former president of Beijing GNU/Linux User Group, founding member of SFDChina.org, GNOME.Asia Summit, College OSS Society and Beijing GNOME User Group.
Julien Forgeat (Director), Former president of Beijing GNU/Linux User Group
Patrick Sinz (Director)
Matt Oquist
JM C. Bitanga
Quiliro Ordóñez
Silvia Aimasso
Alexjan Carraturo
Pia Waugh (President), of Linux Australia
Henrik Nilsen Omma of TheOpenCD project
Phil Harper, of TheOpenCD project
Benjamin Mako Hill, of the Free Software Foundation
Sidsel Jensen, DKUUG
Frederick Noronha, Goa SFD Team
Joe Olutuase, of Knowledge House Africa
Robert Schumann, of TheOpenCD project
Jan Husar
