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LibrePlanet 2016 - Unofficial Live Coverage [email protected]

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An unofficial LibrePlanet 2016 live coverage feed. This is a relay for the Hubzilla channel here: https://deadsuperhero.com/channel/libreplanet2016 LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement. LibrePlanet 2016 will feature programming for a wide range of ages and experience levels.

  • 2016-02-29T21:00:19Z via deadsuperhero.com To: Public

    Christopher Webber - Federation and GNU (LibrePlanet2015)

    <video controls="controls" preload="none" src="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/100/chris-webber-fed-gnu.medium.webm" style="width:100%; max-width:425px"><a href="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/100/chris-webber-fed-gnu.medium.webm">https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/100/chris-webber-fed-gnu.medium.webm</video><br />
    (if you can't see the embedded video in this post, you can watch it directly here:
    Christopher Webber - Federation and GNU — GNU MediaGoblin)

    The effort to re-decentralize the web has been under way for a number of years, but what's really happening under the hood? Various projects like #Diaspora, #GNUsocial, #MediaGoblin, #Friendica, and #Pump all exist, but not all these projects can talk to each other. How can we fix that? A demo of PyPump will be given, as well as a rundown on the progress of the W3C Social Working Group.


    Chris does a great job detailing the history of projects within the space, as well as the underlying concepts as to how most of them work.

  • 2016-02-29T16:00:09Z via deadsuperhero.com To: Public

    Richard Stallman - Free software, free hardware, and other things (LibrePlanet 2015)

    At #LibrePlanet2015, RMS dug deep in considering how open hardware designs could further empower Free Software as a whole. He also details proprietary hardware, and the benefits of reverse engineering their drivers. He also describes universal backdoors in proprietary systems, and what that means for end users.

    <video controls="controls" preload="none" src="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/112/rms-keynote-2015.medium.webm" style="width:100%; max-width:425px"><a href="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/112/rms-keynote-2015.medium.webm">https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/112/rms-keynote-2015.medium.webm</video><br />
    Anyone that can't see the embedded video can see it here:

    Richard Stallman - Free software, free hardware, and other things.

  • 2016-02-28T05:00:22Z via deadsuperhero.com To: Public

    Help put the Planet in LibrePlanet by sponsoring an attendee

    A repost from the FSF's blog. Sponsoring attendees is important because it helps give people an opportunity to attend. You can support the Scholarship Fund directly here.

    Here at the Free Software Foundation, we're selecting the program for LibrePlanet 2016: Fork the System right now. It's shaping up to be another standard-setting free software conference -- but we need your help.

    If you haven't yet, register now to attend LibrePlanet, and consider helping build our travel scholarship fund, to help a fellow free software enthusiast attend.

    Each year, free software fans from across the world gather for the LibrePlanet conference. At this year's LibrePlanet, our theme, "Fork the System", will explore how free software creates the opportunity of a new path for its users, allows developers to fight the restrictions of a system dominated by proprietary software by creating free software replacements, and is the foundation of freedom, sharing, and change.

  • 2016-02-28T00:00:05Z via deadsuperhero.com To: Public

    Can't Attend LibrePlanet? Host a Streaming Party!

    The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is introducing their new LibreLuna program to stream the conference to your location. #LibreLuna is a way for people to remotely attend the conference by simply streaming the event or by organizing a local event which the FSF can promote by providing a registration page for your to share and plan your event.

    #FreeSoftware #Streaming #LocalParty

  • 2016-02-27T21:08:58Z via pumprock.net Web CC: Public

  • 2016-02-27T21:07:00Z via deadsuperhero.com To: Public

    Welcome to our coverage channel!

    This unofficial channel is an experiment in providing live coverage of a Free Software event to the federated web. The goal of this project is to share deeper insight into developments going on in #FreeSoftware, and share it across a diverse federated community of people. Think of it as a type of informal grassroots journalism.

    LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement. LibrePlanet 2016 will feature programming for a wide range of ages and experience levels.


    This channel is hosted on #Hubzilla, a federated CMS with identity management and cloud storage (learn more here). We can federate with people on #Diaspora and #Friendica, and will cross-post main updates to #Pumpio, #GNUSocial, and #Libertree.

    You can still sign up for LibrePlanet2016 here. The event is gratis for FSF Members and Students.

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