The Family Guide to Digital Freedom

the right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software

In this modern world, our rights and quality of life heavily depend from which software is being used around us: this is true even for people who don't care at all about computers and don't use them yet, including children.

The Family Guide to Digital Freedom is a book which explains, in one place and in normal language, what everybody should know about software and other digital technologies, and above all the real reasons why they should care.

The Family Guide is not a software manual, and doesn't require any technical knowledge. Each Chapter is about one practical issue, explaining how to act at home and outside, with your money, your work or your vote, to make sure that your interests and those of your children or pupils are protected.

While it is specifically written for parents, seniors and teachers, the Guide will be useful to all citizens. Everybody needs to make sure that governments and businesses use their software to protect people's money, privacy and freedom.

This is not a book for Free Software advocates: this is the book that every Free Software advocate will want to give to his or her partner, relatives and friends who will never be computer enthusiasts.

The Family Guide to Digital Freedom will be published in October or November 2006. The book will be first published in English, but translations in other languages will follow as soon as possible. It will also be possible to order copies of the book with customized back covers promoting events, organizations and companies which protect and promote everybody's Digital Freedom. A percentage of the profits will be used to fund development and adoption of Open file formats and Free (as in Freedom, of course) software.

The website associated with the book, http://digifreedom.net, will open
on September 16 2006, the international Software Freedom Day. The website will contain sample chapters of the Guide together with interesting news, much more information on these topics than could ever fit in a single book, software tutorials and other services.

The website will also host forums where all citizens concerned about the attacks on their Digital Freedom will be able to coordinate their efforts to protect it, or simply share their experiences with Free Software.

For further information, please contact Marco Fioretti

Best Regards,

Marco Fioretti