| Dear free software supporter, This is a message from our Defective by Design campaign which focuses specifically on they key free software issue of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). We only cross-post from the Defective by Design campaign for special occassions like this, so join the campaign's email list if you'd like to be part of year-round activism against DRM. Though it isn't often discussed in the news, who controls digital media is an important question of our time. Powerful entertainment and technology companies use Digital Restrictions Management to restrict our use of it. We organize and build tools to protect our access to it. Our opponents are strong enough to have the government on their side in most countries, but when we come together, we are strong too.
Today we come together for the eighth International Day Against DRM, to insist on a future without restrictions on our media. This is the largest anti-DRM event in the world, and it's growing. Head over to DayAgainstDRM.org to take action against DRM with events, petitions and more, then meet the anti-DRM community and enjoy sales on DRM-free media. In addition to individuals taking action through DayAgainstDRM.org, nine organizations have let Defective by Design know they are participating. See a full list, including community groups, activist organizations and media stores, on the Web site. We expect more to join throughout the day. If you have a microblog account, make sure to let your followers know today that you care about ending DRM. Post with the hashtag #DayAgainstDRM and link to DayAgainstDRM.org. Happy International Day Against DRM, and good luck with whatever action you take. I hope to see you at one of the actions today, on the DRM-elimination crew discussion list or the #dbd IRC channel on Freenode. Zak Rogoff PS: If you don't have time to do anything, you can donate to Defective by Design, to keep us organizing the Day and make it even better next year. You can read this post online at https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/international-day-against-drm-is-here. -- Follow us on GNU social | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS | Join us as an associate member Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 United States Unsubscribe from this mailing list. Stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter. |
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
International Day Against DRM is here!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Nominate a free software initiative for the Chris Nicol FLOSS Prize!
| The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has established the Chris Nicol FLOSS Prize, which recognizes initiatives that are making it easy for people to start using free software. The prize will be awarded to a person or group doing extraordinary work to make free software accessible to ordinary computer users. Nominations will be collected until May 5, 2014. From APC: The APC FLOSS Prize has been established to honour Chris Nicol, a longtime free software advocate and activist who for many years worked with APC. Extraordinary initiatives that promote free software are those that:
The successful initiative will be awarded a cash prize of USD 4,000 at a reception event in Barcelona, Spain on June 6, 2014. In addition to the global prize, APC will also be recognizing exceptional work in free software promotion with a USD 1,500 award to an individual or organisation from within its network. The prize is open to any person or group anywhere in the world who supports or promotes user-oriented free software. The application form must be completed in either English or Spanish; however, there are no language restrictions regarding the language of the project. Small-scale activities are encouraged to apply. Nominations for the prize will be collected until May 5, 2014 at midnight UTC. About Chris Nicol Chris Nicol, an Australian educator and activist who made Barcelona his home in the early 1980s, was a member of the APC community from the mid-1990s until his untimely death on August 29, 2005. Chris believed that computers and the internet should be used for making the world a better place and that free software was a way in which the communications for social change movement could integrate sustainable and alternative choices in its use and development of tools and technology. About the Association For Progressive Communications (APC) The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network and non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that wants everyone to have access to a free and open internet to improve lives and create a more just world. You can read this post online at https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/nominate-a-free-software-initiative-for-the-chris-nicol-floss-prize. --Follow us on GNU social | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS | Join us as an associate member Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 United States Unsubscribe from this mailing list. Stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter. |
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Free Software Supporter - Issue 73, April 2014
Free Software Supporter
Issue 73, April 2014
Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update -- being read by you and 79,566 other activists. That's 1,470 more than last month!
View this issue online here: https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2014/april
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Get your friends together for the International Day Against DRM (May 6, 2014)
- Please protest the "Windows 8 Campus Tour"
- GNU Press releases the classic GNU head shirt in gray!
- Free Software Foundation statement on Heartbleed vulnerability
- Document Freedom Day 2014 report published
- GCC 4.9 released
- GNU MediaGoblin campaign a massive succcess! What's next?
- Is Soverain Software a patent troll? Yes
- Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
- LibrePlanet featured resource: Day Against DRM 2014
- GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 30 new GNU releases!
- GNU Toolchain Update
- Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
- Thank GNUs!
- Take action with the FSF!
Get your friends together for the International Day Against DRM (May 6, 2014)
From April 23rd
On May 6, 2014, our global community will come together for the eighth International Day Against DRM. We'll be gathering, protesting, making and sharing, showing the world and the media that we insist on a future without DRM.
Please protest the "Windows 8 Campus Tour"
From April 17th
Microsoft is running "Windows 8 Campus Tour" events at many US universities. We're inviting free software supporters, associated with the universities in question, to mount simple nondisruptive protests at these events.
GNU Press releases the classic GNU head shirt in gray!
From April 17th
Replace your old GNU head t-shirt with an updated version of the classic, now in gray with maroon ink.
Free Software Foundation statement on Heartbleed vulnerability
In response to the news of the "Heartbleed" OpenSSL vulnerability, Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan issued a statement on free software as a necessary precondition for security.
April launches Free Software Pact for upcoming European elections
By April, from April 8th
April has launched a campaign during the upcoming European Parliament elections to inform candidates about free software.
Document Freedom Day 2014 report published
By FSF Europe, from April 24th
Free document formats were celebrated to the ends of the earth for Document Freedom Day 2014, with fifty-one events in twenty-two countries. The campaign for interoperability was enacted from Tokyo to Rio, and Birmingham to Taipei.
GCC 4.9 released
By GCC, from April 22nd
The 4.9.0 version of the GNU Compiler Collection is a major release, containing new features (as well as many other improvements) relative to GCC 4.8.x.
GNU MediaGoblin campaign a massive succcess! What's next?
By Christopher Allan Webber, From April 24th
GNU MediaGoblin has completed their fundraising campaign, raising over $62,000 for federated media sharing. In this post, Christopher Allan Webber reflects on the project's success and goals for the future.
Is Soverain Software a patent troll? Yes
By End Software Patents, from April 4th
The US Supreme Court recently declined to hear Soverain v. Newegg, prompting some to ask if Soverain should be classified as a "patent troll."
Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
From April 30th
Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and exciting free software projects.
To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place in the #fsf channel on irc.gnu.org, and usually include a handful of regulars as well as newcomers. Everyone's welcome.
The next meeting is Friday, May 2nd from 2pm to 5pm EDT (18:00 to 21:00 UTC). Details here:
After this meeting, you can check https://www.fsf.org/events to see the rest of May's weekly meetings as they are scheduled.
LibrePlanet featured resource: Day Against DRM 2014
Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.
For this month, we are highlighting Day Against DRM 2014, which provides information about organized efforts against Digital Restrictions Management. You are invited to adopt, spread, and improve this important resource, as well as host an event in your local area.
Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us know at campaigns@fsf.org.
GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 30 new GNU releases!
30 new GNU releases in the last month (as of April 29, 2014):
- apl-1.3
- ccrtp-2.0.9
- cgicc-3.2.14
- cursynth-1.5
- dap-3.10
- denemo-1.1.4
- easejs-0.2.1
- gama-1.15
- gawk-4.1.1
- gcc-4.9.0
- global-6.2.12
- glpk-4.54
- gmp-6.0.0a
- gnubatch-1.11
- gnudos-1.0
- gnunet-0.10.1
- gsrc-2014.04.06
- help2man-1.45.1
- lightning-2.0.4
- liquidwar6-0.4.3681
- mcron-1.0.7
- mifluz-0.26.0
- motti-3.1.0
- parallel-20140422
- pspp-0.8.3
- pyconfigure-0.2.2
- screen-4.2.1
- ucommon-6.1.1
- units-2.11
- wdiff-1.2.2
To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly all GNU software is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors (https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html). You can use the url http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ to be automatically redirected to a (hopefully) nearby and up-to-date mirror.
This month, we welcome:
- James Cloos as the new maintainer of enscript and trueprint (with an eye toward merging them),
- Ramana Radhakrishnan as a new co-maintainer of gcc,
- Nick Ralabate as the new maintainer of solfege,
- Andrew Shadura and Daniel Valentine as the new maintainers of indent,
- Andy Wingo and Daniel Hartwig as the authors and maintainers of the new package guile-opengl. Thanks to all.
A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance: please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html. To submit new packages to the GNU operating system, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.
As always, please feel free to write to me, karl@gnu.org, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.
GNU Toolchain update
From April 28th
The GNU toolchain refers to the part of the GNU system which is used for building programs. These components of GNU are together often on other systems and for compiling programs for other platforms.
This month features a new major release of GCC and improvements to the GNU binutils.
Richard Stallman's speaking schedule
For event details, as well as to sign-up to be notified for future events in your area, please visit https://www.fsf.org/events.
So far, Richard Stallman has the following events in May:
- May 02, 2014, 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM, San Francisco, California, "Copyright vs. community"
- May 09, 2014, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, "A free digital society"
- May 10, 2014, 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM, Taipei, Taiwan, "A free digital society"
- May 11, 2014, 02:00 PM to 04:30 PM, Puli Township, Taiwan, "A free digital society"
- May 13, 2014, 02:00 PM to 04:30 PM, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, "Your freedom and privacy: free/ziyou software and beyond"
Thank GNUs!
We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation, but we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have donated $500 or more in the last month.
This month, a big Thank GNU to:
- Lowell Anderson
- Zak Knapper
- David Kleuker
- Christopher Grubert
- David Ayers
You can add your name to this list by donating at https://donate.fsf.org.
Take action with the FSF
Contributions from thousands of individual members enable the FSF's work. You can contribute by joining at https://www.fsf.org/join. If you're already a member, you can help refer new members (and earn some rewards) by adding a line with your member number to your email signature like:
I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom! https://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=2442
The FSF is also always looking for volunteers (https://www.fsf.org/volunteer). From rabble-rousing to hacking, from issue coordination to envelope stuffing -- there's something here for everybody to do. Also, head over to our campaign section (https://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents, DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Free Software Supporter - Issue 72, March 2014
Free Software Supporter
Issue 72, March 2014
Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update -- being read by you and 78,096 other activists. That's 1,639 more than last month!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- New highs for LibrePlanet
- Matthew Garrett, GNOME Foundation's Outreach Program for Women are Free Software Award winners
- Replicant developers find and close Samsung Galaxy backdoor
- How I made a video for LibrePlanet using all free software
- Introducing Jaewoo, the Licensing Team's spring intern
- Get excited for LibrePlanet 2014!
- Interview with Roman Telezhinsky of Valentina
- GNU Press releases RUN GCC shirt
- February 2014 - New York, NY - RMS at the Cooper Union, for HuffPost Code and the New York Tech Meetup
- Get candidates for this year's European elections to make a stand for free software
- Computers in the post-Snowden era: choose before paying!
- Document Freedom Day delivers messages of interoperability around the world
- The Revolution will be chock-full of non-coders
- Help spread the word on the GNU MediaGoblin campaign!
- Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
- LibrePlanet featured resource: Lobbying government
- GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 24 new GNU releases!
- GNU Toolchain Update
- Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
- Thank GNUs!
- Take action with the FSF!
New highs for LibrePlanet
From March 26th
What does it mean when, over a single year, the number of people who come to LibrePlanet more than doubles? It means that the free software movement is strong and growing. It means we have a fighting chance to protect our freedom and privacy in the digital world, and that we are inspiring new people to join us.
Other posts about LibrePlanet 2014:
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2014-day-one-wrap-up
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/get-excited-for-libreplanet-2014
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/volunteer-at-libreplanet-2014
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/show-your-support-for-libreplanet-2014-with-our-cool-web-badge
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-0th-spinachcon
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/get-excited-for-libreplanet-2014
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/can-you-join-us-at-libreplanet
- https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/will-you-be-at-libreplanet-this-weekend
Matthew Garrett, GNOME Foundation's Outreach Program for Women are Free Software Award winners
From March 22nd
Richard M. Stallman announced the winners of the FSF's annual Free Software Awards at a ceremony on Saturday, March 22, 2014, held during the LibrePlanet 2014 conference at MIT, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Two awards were given: the Award for the Advancement of Free Software, and the Award for Projects of Social Benefit.
Replicant developers find and close Samsung Galaxy backdoor
By Paul Kocialkowski, from March 12th
While working on Replicant, a fully free/libre version of Android, developers discovered that a proprietary program running on the applications processor implements a backdoor that lets the modem perform remote file I/O operations on the file system.
How I made a video for LibrePlanet using all free software
By Dan Fitzmartin, from March 21st
In this guest post, FSF member and volunteer Dan Fitzmartin documents how he made a promotional video for LibrePlanet 2014 using only free software video editing tools.
Introducing Jaewoo, the Licensing Team's spring intern
From March 24th
Jaewoo Cho recently started working at the FSF as a licensing intern. In this post, he writes about his experience with free software and his goals for the internship.
Interview with Roman Telezhinsky of Valentina
From March 19th
In this installment of our Licensing and Compliance Lab's series on free software developers who choose GNU licenses for their works, we conducted an email-based interview with Roman Telezhinsky, the lead developer of Valentina, a free software pattern-making program.
GNU Press releases RUN GCC shirt
From March 19th
Represent GCC with this novelty t-shirt! Printed by a unionized shop on 100% certified organic cotton, this shirt comes in black with white lettering framed in red bars. Sizes are available in both unisex and women's styles.
February 2014 - New York, NY - RMS at the Cooper Union, for HuffPost Code and the New York Tech Meetup
From March 5th
RMS was hosted by HuffPost Code in cooperation with the New York Tech Meetup and Cooper Union, and was in the the Great Hall of the Cooper Union's Foundation Building, in New York, NY, on February 20, 2014, to deliver his speech "A Free Digital Society" to seven hundred people in attendance.
Get candidates for this year's European elections to make a stand for free software
By FSF Europe, from March 4th
From May 22 to 25, 2014 European citizens will vote for candidates standing for the European Parliament. This is an ideal time to engage with politicians with why free software matters. Help us to get the candidates across Europe to declare their support for free software.
Computers in the post-Snowden era: choose before paying!
By FSF Europe, from March 24th
FSF and FSF Europe joined other organizations throughout the world in requesting an unfettered choice of the operating system on telephones, laptops and other computing devices.
Document Freedom Day delivers messages of interoperability around the world
By FSF Europe, from March 25th
On March 26, 2014, FSF Europe celebrated free formats and interoperability with free software activists in eighteen countries around the world.
The Revolution will be chock-full of non-coders
By GNU MediaGoblin, from March 21st
Deb Nicholson of GNU MediaGoblin writes about the importance of non-coders in building strong and diverse free software projects.
Help spread the word on the GNU MediaGoblin campaign!
By GNU MediaGoblin, from March 3rd
Can you help GNU MediaGoblin decentralize the Web by sharing their campaign on your social networks and help get GNU MediaGoblin in the news? GNU MediaGoblin has also entered the Knight News Challenge, a grant giving program centered around free expression on the net, and needs your support.
Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
From March 27th
Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and exciting free software projects.
To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place in the #fsf channel on irc.gnu.org, and usually include a handful of regulars as well as newcomers. Everyone's welcome.
The next meeting is Friday, April 4, from 2pm to 5pm EDT (18:00 to 21:00 UTC). Details here:
After this meeting, you can check https://www.fsf.org/events to see the rest of April's weekly meetings as they are scheduled.
LibrePlanet featured resource: Lobbying government
Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.
At LibrePlanet 2014, there was a lot of talk during the "Free software messaging meeting" on how the free software movement can promote free software adoption by government organizations.
For this month, we are highlighting the Lobbying government page, which provides information about advocating software freedom to public officials. You are invited to adopt, spread and improve this important resource.
Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us know at campaigns@fsf.org.
GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 24 new GNU releases!
24 new GNU releases in the last month (as of March 25, 2014):
- aris-2.2
- autoconf-archive-2014.02.28
- bash-4.3
- ccrtp-2.0.8
- cursynth-1.4
- dap-3.9
- denemo-1.1.2
- easejs-0.2.0
- fisicalab-0.3.4
- freeipmi-1.4.1
- global-6.2.11
- gnu-pw-mgr-1.2
- guile-2.0.11
- gxmessage-3.4.0
- help2man-1.45.1
- ocrad-0.23
- octave-3.8.1
- parallel-20140322
- readline-6.3
- recutils-1.7
- sipwitch-1.9.0
- thales-1.99
- xorriso-1.3.6.pl01
- zile-2.4.11
To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly all GNU software is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors (https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html). You can use the url http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ to be automatically redirected to a (hopefully) nearby and up-to-date mirror.
This month, we welcome:
- James Cloos as the new maintainer of enscript and trueprint (with an eye toward merging them),
- Ramana Radhakrishnan as a new co-maintainer of gcc,
- Nick Ralabate as the new maintainer of solfege,
- Andrew Shadura and Daniel Valentine as the new maintainers of indent,
- Andy Wingo and Daniel Hartwig as the authors and maintainers of the new package guile-opengl.
Thanks to all.
A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance: please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html. To submit new packages to the GNU operating system, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.
As always, please feel free to write to me, karl@gnu.org, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.
GNU Toolchain update
From March 16th
The GNU toolchain refers to the part of the GNU system which is used for building programs. These components of GNU are together often on other systems and for compiling programs for other platforms.
This month features improvements to GCC's support for MIPS and ARM architectures.
Richard Stallman's speaking schedule
For event details, as well as to sign-up to be notified for future events in your area, please visit https://www.fsf.org/events.
So far, Richard Stallman has the following events in April:
- April 02, 2014, 10:30 AM, Catania, Italy, "Free software and your freedom"
- April 04, 2014, Rome, Italy, "Should we have more surveillance than the USSR?"
- April 07, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland, "Richard Stallman to speak at TedxGeneva2014"
Thank GNUs!
We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation, but we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have donated $500 or more in the last month.
This month, a big Thank GNU to:
- 0gb.us
- Aaron Culich
- Adam Klotblixt
- Adel Shalawi
- Alejandro Luis Bonavita
- Aleph Objects, Inc.
- Alessandro Vesely
- Andrew Lewman
- Andrew V. Belousoff
- Antonio Carzaniga
- Ashley Fryer
- Ben Sturmfels
- Boone Gorges
- Brett Smith
- Calum Robert Slee
- Carina Buskas
- Catalin Francu
- CHAITANYA V BAYAPUNENI
- Chris Cunningham
- Clifford Ireland
- Colin Carr
- Craig Andrews
- Daniel Kahn Gillmor
- daniel watson
- Dave Beckett
- Dave Johnson
- David Ayers
- David Bruce
- David Caldwell
- David Hampton
- David Johnson
- David Klann
- Dennis W. Tokarski
- Diego Sarmentero
- Donald E. Knuth
- Douglas Hauge
- Doyle Myers
- Eberhard Schopf
- Ed Price
- Edward Fahner
- Elyse M Grasso
- Eric Moore
- Filip M. Nowak
- Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
- Frank J. Niertit
- Geoffrey S. Knauth
- Georges Sancosme
- Giacomo Castellano
- Gregory Maxwell
- Hal Lewis
- harley gorrell
- Håkon A. Hjortland
- Henrik Hedelund
- I-Lun Tseng
- Iñaki Arenaza
- Inouye Satoru
- James A Cole
- James E Wilson
- James E. Bennett
- James H. McConville
- Jason Francis
- Jason Schaefer
- Jean-Francois Blavier
- Jeff Weston
- Jelte van der Hoek
- Jesper Dahlberg
- John J Watzke III
- John Schneiderman
- Jonathan Wakely
- Judicael Courant
- Julian Eden
- Julian Graham
- Julian Kalbhenn
- Justin Baugh
- Kailash Balnac
- Kevin J. McCarthy
- KIMURA Masaru
- Laurent Watteau
- Li-Cheng Tai
- LUIZ PATERNOSTRO
- Lyle Frost
- Manuel Velado
- Marinos J. Yannikos
- Mario Lardieri
- Mark Nelson
- Mark Suter
- Markus Schaldach
- Mason Smith
- Michael D'Errico
- Michael Dorrington
- Michael Lewis
- Mikaël Cluseau
- Mikiya Okuno
- Mikko Värri
- Morten Lind
- Mridul Muralidharan
- Neal Pawar
- Neil Gower
- Pariksheet Nanda
- Patric Buskas
- Pete Batard
- Peter Olson
- Peter Rock
- Phillips Wolf
- Rhandeev Singh
- Robert Baldy
- Robert Dionne
- Robert L. McDonald
- Roland Emile Jacoby
- Roland H. Pesch
- Ron McCall
- Sebastian Tennant
- Sencha
- Stephen Compall
- Steve Sprang
- Steven C. Morreale, M.D./M.P.H.
- Sudheera Ruwanthaka Fernando
- Sverre H. Huseby
- Terrance Druggan
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
New highs for LibrePlanet
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free software supporter,
What does it mean when, over a single year, the number of people who come to LibrePlanet more than doubles?
It means that the free software movement is strong and growing. It means we have a fighting chance to protect our freedom and privacy in the digital world, and that we are inspiring new people to join us.
This weekend, at LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software, Free Society:
Wikimedia executive director Sue Gardner kicked off the conference with a call for the free software movement to become bigger and bolder than ever.
Almost four hundred people attended, including fifty-four presenters, 40% of whom were women.
NSA-revealer and privacy hacker Jacob Appelbaum gave a remote keynote via videochat, using Tor to anonymize his location. Watch the recording and stay tuned for more videos from the conference soon.
Ten free software businesses and organizations strutted their stuff at LibrePlanet's first exhibit hall.
Members of the free software community welcomed newcomers and reaffirmed old friendships at a diverse array of social events. At the Saturday night mixer, Lulzbot raffled one of their Respects Your Freedom-certified Taz 3 3D printers.
GNOME executive director Karen Sandler called on free software projects to use their messaging to give people of all backgrounds a reason to participate.
At peak, more than three hundred people participated online through our free software livestreaming system.
Richard Stallman addressed the importance of free mobile devices, and Eben Moglen issued a rallying cry to finish the fight against software patents.
MIT student group SIPB co-organized the conference, reaffirming the free software movement's historic relationship with the university.
The FSF presented the GNOME Outreach Program for Women with the Award for Projects of Social Benefit, and Matthew Garrett with the Award for the Advancement of Free Software for his work against Restricted Boot. Read the Free Software Awards press release.
Twenty-eight dedicated volunteers made the conference possible. Thank GNU to Seda Akay Onur, Krista Allen, L. Brockman, Julian Daich, Ian Denhardt, Patrick Engelman, Daniel Fitzmartin, Casey Friedman, Cynthia Frommit, Emily Gonyer, Ian Gustafson, Shaun Will Hallee, Matt Hins, Malcolm Inglis, Timothy Jordan, William Kahn-Greene, Brendan Kidwell, Bassam Kurdali, Daniel Levine, Jon Littlefield, M. C. McGrath, Bram Oosten, Guillermo Perez Mayorga, Scott Reeve, Emily Savelli, Karen Tang, and Diane Williams, as well as rsiddharth for building our most beautiful Web site ever. If you're interested in volunteering next year (you'll receive gratis admission and a t-shirt), please send an email to resources@fsf.org.
With the awesome community that was built and strengthened at LibrePlanet 2014, we can't wait to see what next year will bring. If you'd like us to let you know when registration opens, join the LibrePlanet 2015 announcements list today. Remember that becoming an FSF member gets you gratis admission to the conference, and bragging rights for supporting the FSF's work year-round.
Happy hacking everyone,
Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
LibrePlanet starts now! Join us online.
Dear free software supporter,
LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software, Free Society kicks off this morning in Cambridge, MA. No matter where you are in the world, you can take advantage of the amazing speakers and sessions we've got planned. Every one of our three main program tracks will be live streamed, and you can participate in online conference discussion for each room on IRC.
You can find all of the streams and online participation info at: http://libreplanet.org/2014/live. You can join the conversation on microblogging services with the hashtag #lp2014.‡
For the convenience of our in-person attendees, all of the session times listed on the conference site are in EDT (UTC -4), so remember to pull up your world clock if you are tuning in from afar.
Here are some of the highlights for day one of LibrePlanet 2014 (all in Room 32-123):
9:45 EDT (13:45 UTC) - Opening keynote from Sue Gardner, outgoing executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
13:50 EDT (17:45 UTC) - Your Web apps should talk not just in English, but in español, Kiswahili, 廣州話, and অসমীয়া too with Sucheta Ghoshal.
14:45 EDT (18:45 UTC) - "The creeping techno-surveillance state: how can we fight back?" with Kade Crockford of the MA ACLU and Josh Levy of Free Press.
17:45 EDT (21:45 UTC) - "Current issues in freedom: patents, surveillance, etc." with Eben Moglen, followed by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Awards.
It takes resources to provide this streaming using only free software. If you do end up finding it valuable, we hope you'll help support it with a small donation so we can do it again next year.
If you miss the conference this weekend, you'll be able to watch recordings of all the talks soon after the conference. Stay tuned for an announcement when those videos become available.
We hope you'll spend part of your weekend with us at LibrePlanet 2014 online.
Happy hacking,
Libby Reinish
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Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wherever you are, we want you to be part of LibrePlanet
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Hi free software supporter,
The free software movement is a global phenomenon, and we want the LibrePlanet conference to reflect that. That's why, wherever you are, you are invited to participate remotely by watching the livestream and participating in the discussion via IRC.
Bookmark the remote participation center now, and go there on Saturday, March 22, 2014 and Sunday, March 23, 2014 to watch the livestream.
Don't miss:
A program bursting with something for everyone in the free software movement, from inquisitive newcomers to hardcore developers.
Keynotes from NSA-revealer Jacob Appelbaum, GNOME executive director Karen Sandler, and free software legends Eben Moglen and Richard Stallman.
A vibrant online discussion with free software lovers from all over the world.
Another way to participate remotely is to join the conversation around the conference on the libreplanet-discuss mailing list. Join now and dive in.
If you can make it to Massachusetts, it's not too late to register. Students and volunteers get gratis admission. So do FSF members, which makes this a great time to join as an associate member, to enjoy great benefits and support free software year-round. So that we can run the conference as smoothly as possible for everyone, we ask that you register by the end of the day on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. However, late registrations and walk-ups will still be accepted.
We'd also like to express our gratitude to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Student Information Processing Board, our partner in organizing LibrePlanet 2014.
See you soon, whether it's in person or online,
Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager
PS - If you have a Web site or blog and want to represent LibrePlanet, you can embed our spiffy LibrePlanet Web badge.
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