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LibrePlanet 2018 is over -- thank you so much to everyone who made our conference a huge success! If you missed it, or want to catch up on the talks you couldn't get to, watch the videos here!
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News
- Public Lab and Karen Sandler are 2017 Free Software Awards winners
- LibrePlanet free software conference celebrates 10th anniversary, this weekend at MIT, March 24-25
- Free Software Foundation releases FY2016 Annual Report
- Free Software Foundation receives $1 million donation from Pineapple Fund
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Blog Posts
- “The printer story” redux: a testimonial about the injustice of proprietary firmware
- Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: April 27th starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC
- Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: April 20th starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC
- Private Internet Access: VPNs, education, and software freedom
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Take Action
- Learn about Intel Management Engine and share with your friends
- Tell Apple CEO Tim Cook why you won't buy Apple devices
- Stand up for your freedom to install free software; sign the pledge against Restricted Boot
- Protect your freedom and privacy; join us in creating an Internet that's safer from surveillance
Events
- John Sullivan - "The business case for copyleft" (LFNW, Bellingham, WA)
- Richard Stallman - "Computing, freedom and privacy" (Capstone Presentations, Burlington, VT)
- Donald Robertson, III - "Freedom, certified: The verification and certification programs of the Free Software Foundation" (LFNW, Bellingham, WA)
- Richard Stallman, Joseph Potvin - "Two lessons from the Phoenix payroll puzzle" / « Deux leçons tirées du casse-tête du système de paye Phoenix » (Ottawa, Canada)
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