Task List

The following is a list of important tasks that need volunteers. A list of hopefully useful links is provided to help you get started. If you have any questions, please contact IFSO for advice, assistance with your work, or assistance for coordinating your work with others.

1. Getting Free Software into Education
2. Translating to Irish
3. Software Development

Getting Free Software into Education

• Why schools should use exclusively free software: an essay by Richard Stallman
• Organisation for Free Software in Education and Training (OFSET)
• SchoolForge
• FSF's GNU & Education project

Translating to Irish

Help to provide Irish translations of Free Software resources. Examples include:

• The IFSO website (please contact us if you'd be willing to translate any of IFSO's documents or webpages)
• The FSF Europe website
• Aistriúchán Gaeilge GNU/Linux: translating the GNU/Linux operating system into Irish
• Contribute to the Free encyclopedia in Irish: ga.wikipedia.org

Software Development

Here are some useful resources if you plan on writing Free Software:

• FSF's High Priority Free Software Projects
• The GNU Coding Standards: information about software design, documentation, releases, etc.
• Savannah: web based project hosting with CVS, mailing lists, bug tracking, and other services for Free Software projects