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LibrePlanet 2024: "Cultivating Community" will feature a keynote by David Wilson
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- October 10, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced free software developer and video creator David Wilson, as its first keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2024, the sixteenth edition of the FSF's conference on ethical technology and user freedom. LibrePlanet will be held in March in the Boston area as well as online.
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