-<p>
- LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the
- <a href="https://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a> for
- free software enthusiasts and anyone who cares about the
- intersection of technology and social justice. LibrePlanet brings together software
- developers, law and policy experts, activists, students, and
- computer users to learn skills, celebrate free software
- accomplishments, and face challenges to software
- freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2019
- will feature programming for all ages and experience levels.
-</p>
-<p>
-LibrePlanet 2019's theme is “<b>Trailblazing Free Software</b>.” In 1983, the free software movement was born with the announcement of the GNU Project. FSF founder Richard Stallman saw the dangers of proprietary code from the beginning: when code was kept secret from users, they would be controlled by the technology they used, instead of vice versa. In contrast, free software emphasized a community-oriented philosophy of sharing code freely, enabling people to understand how the programs they used worked, to build off of each other's code, to pay it forward by sharing their own code, and to create useful software that treated users fairly.</p>
-<p>When he identified control over one's own computer as a requirement for ethical, trustworthy computing, Stallman anticipated some of the most toxic aspects of today's proprietary software-filled world, including Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), bulk surveillance, and Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS). With a new and growing generation of free software enthusiasts, we can take this conference as an opportunity to discuss both the present and the future of the free software movement. Using the Four Freedoms as a litmus test for ethical computing, we ask, "How will free software continue to bring to life trailblazing, principled new technologies and new approaches to the world?"
-</p>
+<p>LibrePlanet is the annual conference hosted by the <a href="https://www.fsf.org">Free Software
+Foundation.</a> LibrePlanet provides an opportunity for community activists, domain
+experts, and people seeking solutions for themselves to come together
+in order to discuss current issues in technology and ethics.</p> Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2020 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels. The theme for
+LibrePlanet 2020 is <strong>"Free the Future"</strong>.</p>
+<p>LibrePlanet attendees and speakers will be discussing the hot button
+issues we've all been reading about every day, and their connection to
+the free software movement. How do you fight Facebook? How do we make
+software-driven cars safe? How do we stop algorithms from making
+terrible, unreviewable decisions? How do we enjoy the convenience of
+mobile phones and digital home assistants without being constantly
+under surveillance? What is the future of digital currency? Can we
+have an Internet that facilitates respectful dialogue?</p>
+<p>The free software community has continuously demanded that users and
+developers be permitted to understand, study, and alter the software
+they use, offering hope and solutions for a free technological
+future. LibrePlanet speakers will display their unique combination of
+digital knowledge and educational skills in the two day conference, as
+well as give more insights into their ethical dedication to envision a
+future rich with free "as in freedom" software and without network
+services that mistreat their users. The FSF's LibrePlanet 2020 edition
+is therefore aptly named "Free the Future."</p>
+<p>For each new technological convenience we gain, it seems that we lose
+even more in the process. To exchange intangible but vital rights to
+freedom and privacy for the latest new gadget can make the future of
+software seem bleak. But there is resistance, and it is within our capabilities to
+reject this outcome.</p>
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