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LibrePlanet
March 19, 2016 - March 20, 2016
LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org) 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 and special remote keynote speaker Edward Snowden!
Organized around the theme “Fork the System”, the conference’s sessions will examine 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 replacements, and is the foundation of a philosophy of freedom, sharing, and change.
FSF members and all students attend free! (That’s free as in beer.)
In addition to a growing list of talks and workshops on topics including advocacy, surveillance, programming, and new free software projects, there will be social gatherings Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights to mingle with conference attendees from Boston and around the globe.