Recent blog posts
Get your GNU on at the GNU Hackers' Meeting in Hessen, Germany
Do you hack on GNU packages—or are you just interested in GNU? Now is the time to register for the GNU Hackers' Meeting in Hessen, Germany, August 24-27, 2017.
Congress kills FCC Internet privacy rule: Help states resist
The United States Congress and President Trump have killed a new Internet privacy rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late last year, but state legislators have stepped in to try to fill the gap.
LibrePlanet Day 2, DRM, contributing, and advice
The second day of LibrePlanet 2017 started with a talk by author, blogger, editor, activist, and Internet freedom fighter Cory Doctorow. Straight through to Sumana Harihareswara's closing keynote, the day was full of conversations and presentations touching on a broad range of topics across the free software movement.
LibrePlanet Day 1, technology, politics, workshops, and winners
LibrePlanet started as the annual meeting of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) membership. Now, that meeting is just one part of a two-day conference that brings together hundreds of new and longtime members of the free software community from all parts of the world.
Meet the LibrePlanet 2017 Speakers: Christian Fernandez
Christian Fernandez is a cyber security expert, joining us at LibrePlanet 2017 to talk about penetration testing and how "pentesting" can be done using entirely free tools.
Meet the LibrePlanet 2017 Speakers: Denver Gingerich
Denver Gingerich is the founder and lead developer of JMP (https://jmp.chat/), a free software chat gateway that lets you text and call people using a real phone number without a phone. He's speaking at LibrePlanet 2017 (https://libreplanet.org/2017) (March 25-26th in Cambridge, MA), in Block 5B, from 15:40-16:25 on Sunday. Want to learn more about bringing software freedom to your cell phone? Check out his talk "A fully-free cell phone experience, no baseband required."
Your guide to LibrePlanet 2017, wherever you are, March 25-26
The free software community encompasses the globe, and we strive to make the LibrePlanet conference reflect that. That's why we livestream the proceedings of the conference, and encourage you to participate remotely by both watching and participating in the discussion via IRC chat.
Schedule posted: Explore the roots of freedom at LibrePlanet 2017
It's almost time: LibrePlanet 2017 kicks off in two weeks, on March 25! Will you join free software hackers, lawyers, activists, students, educators, librarians, and community organizers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the roots of software freedom?