To our friends at Liberationtech: I wanted to make sure that you and your list members are aware of the Free Software Foundation's LibrePlanet 2018 conference, coming up at MIT in Cambridge, MA on March 24-25. Libreplanet is an annual conference about free software – software that respects computer user freedom, privacy, and security. The conference features two days of presentations by software developers, law and policy experts, activists, and more.
If you think this is appropriate for your network, please pass on the news! Some info about the event is below. Thanks so much! Dana Morgenstein Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and face challenges to software freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2018 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels. FSF members and students attend gratis. Learn more at https://libreplanet.org/2018; register at https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=71. LibrePlanet's 10th anniversary theme is "Freedom. Embedded." Consider: embedded systems are everywhere, in cars, digital watches, traffic lights, and even within our bodies. Right now, proprietary software is everywhere, its sinister aspects embedded in software, digital devices, and our lives. We've come to expect that our phones monitor our activity and share that data with big companies, governments enforce digital restrictions management (DRM), and even our activity on social Web sites is out of our control. In a society reliant on embedded systems, how do we defend computer user freedom? How do we insist on copylefted code, protect ourselves against government and corporate surveillance, and move toward a freer world? For many people, digital freedom seems like a pipe dream. Can we change the narrative and make free software the norm, instead of walled gardens, denial of the right to repair, and DRM? Let's envision freedom embedded together. -- Dana Morgenstein // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation +1 617 542 5942 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
