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Discover together with Bonnie Mehring why Free Software developers, advocates, activists and contributors think this special day is so important for Free Software. </p> <audio controls="" style="width:100%;"><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP009.opus?ref=player" type="audio/ogg;codecs=opus"></source><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP009.mp3?ref=player" type="audio/mp3"></source>Your browser dows not support the audio element.</audio><div class="podcast-interact inline-buttons clearfix"> <span class="share-buttons"><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast-opus.en.rss" class="button share-rss">OPUS Feed</a><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.rss" class="button share-rss">MP3 Feed</a></span><span class="download"><em>Download</em>: <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP009.opus?ref=download"> OPUS </a> | <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP009.mp3?ref=download"> MP3 </a> | <a href="/news/podcast/transcript/episode-9.html?ref=download"> Transcript </a></span> </div> <p> In this ninth episode, Bonnie Mehring and Matthias Kirschner cover one of the oldest FSFE campaigns: "I Love Free Software Day". 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