From: Ian Kelling Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 20:13:39 +0000 (-0500) Subject: initial ics X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b1cce98aca3e8bc613faa132c7ecccf4f93d480;p=libreplanet-static.git initial ics --- diff --git a/2020/lp2019-schedule.ics b/2020/lp2019-schedule.ics deleted file mode 100644 index 00f4ef13..00000000 --- a/2020/lp2019-schedule.ics +++ /dev/null @@ -1,926 +0,0 @@ -BEGIN:VCALENDAR -VERSION:2.0 -PRODID:-//lpschedule generator//mxm.dk// -X-WR-CALNAME:LibrePlanet 2019 -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Welcome to LibrePlanet (Day 1 -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T094500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T100000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:1@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="John Sullivan";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Welcome to LibrePlanet! -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Fighting for Freedom: Medical devices on the front lines -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T100000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T104500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:2@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Tarek Loubani";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Medical devices are expensive and unavailable in many parts of - the world despite being essential to care. In this session\, Tarek discus - ses work on the front lines in Gaza to make medical devices accessible by - creating free designs and validating them according to medical industry st - andards. These efforts have been part of a larger initiative to lay a foun - dation for a post-liberation Gaza in which FLOSS medical devices must comp - ete against proprietary medical devices. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Redis Labs and the tragedy of the Commons Clause -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:3@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Chris Lamb";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:no - mail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:In late 2018\, Redis Labs relicensed a number of GNU AGPL-lice - nsed Redis modules with the "Commons Clause" amendment. This talk outlines - the history\, background\, and response to this style of license\, and ex - plains how this is ultimately a short-sighted and retrograde step for the - companies that are advocating for these licenses. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Sharing global opportunities for new developers in the Wikipedia c - ommunity -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:4@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Srishti Sethi";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Wikimedia offers a plethora of opportunities for newcomers to - get involved\; however\, as with many other free software projects\, getti - ng involved with the Wikimedia technical community can be a daunting prosp - ect for newcomers. This talk is a gentle introduction to the Wikimedia eco - system\, and gives pointers on how to get involved as a volunteer. I will - delve into the various ways newcomers can make successful contributions in - areas ranging from design to documentation\, from programming to testing\ - , and much more. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Accessibility in front-end environments -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:5@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Daniel Ramsayer";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inval - id:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:This talk is focused on educating front-end developers and oth - ers about those impacted by accessibility\, and how to design interfaces w - ith this in mind. This will be a general rundown of the most common access - ibility issues\, the current technologies that are used to mitigate impair - ment\, and new technologies\, with an emphasis on free software\, that are - seeking to better support people with accessibility issues. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:A survey of GNU Guile software -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:6@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Erik Edrosa";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:This presentation will introduce and examine several software - programs written using GNU Guile. GNU Guile is a programming language\, an - d is the official extension language of the GNU Project. We will explore h - ow these software programs make use of Guile\, with examples showing how t - he software is customizable and extensible. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Governing the software commons -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:7@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Shauna Gordon-McKeon";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT: - invalid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Free software licenses constrain how software can be used\, wh - ile providing no limits or guidance on how it can be built. As a result\, - a wide variety of governance structures are used in free software projects - \, from "one person\, one vote" democracy to "benevolent dictator for life - \," and beyond. This presentation provides a survey of existing governance - structures used by free software projects such as Python\, Debian\, and o - thers. Together\, we'll explore how governance decisions have affected the - se projects over time\, using the Common Pool Resource framework developed - by Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:The secret battle of encryption algorithms -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:8@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Amanda Sopkin";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Come learn the history of encryption methods\, from hieroglyph - ics to the Caesar cipher to more advanced methods used in the twentieth ce - ntury. I will discuss modern efforts to crack international encryption sta - ndards\, as well as some systematic weaknesses that have been deliberately - introduced into encryption algorithms by world superpowers. I will talk i - n depth about the Dual-EC PRNG algorithm\, the back door that was discover - ed in this algorithm\, and the weaknesses it caused across the technology - industry. Attendees will get a kick out of the colorful history of encrypt - ion methods\, learn valuable lessons on maintaining security\, and gain in - sight into some of these methods' potential weaknesses today. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Teaching privacy and security via free software -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:9@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Sean O’Brien";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:i - nvalid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Laurin Weissinger";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inv - alid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Free software is a requirement for privacy and security. At Ya - le\, we've been teaching cybersecurity\, facilitating privacy workshops\, - and analyzing leaky mobile apps using only free software. We'll talk about - a new class at Yale Law School\, give a summary of this year's Yale Priva - cy Lab workshops\, and provide insight from our collaborations with local - makerspaces\, Yale CEID\, and MakeHaven. Come find out how we emphasize cy - bersecurity while keeping free software front and center. This session wil - l include a MITM demonstration with a GNU/Linux minicomputer. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Technical drivers of "cloud" centralization and megacorporate domi - nation -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:10@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Andrew Oram";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Much hand-wringing appears in the press about the seemingly un - stoppable ascendance of a few large corporations in computing. Everything - seems to be increasingly centralized in such corporations (a trend popular - ly called the "cloud\," although Richard Stallman has repeatedly criticize - d the use of that buzzword). This presentation will explain why such centr - alization and the triumph of first movers is facilitated by three technolo - gical factors: the end of Moore's Law\, compiling complex algorithms into - hardware (which may reach its climax in quantum computing)\, and the value - of aggregating large amounts of data. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Free software for safe and happy chickens -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:11@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Adam Monsen";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Witness this awesome Raspberry Pi-powered chicken door using o - nly free software. You can use this knowledge to create your own automated - hardware and software systems. I'll cover features like: -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:The Tor Project: State of the Onion -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:12@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Stephanie Whited";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Isabela Bagueros";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Nathan Freitas";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Nick Mathewson";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Alison Macrina";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Tor is free software for privacy and freedom online\; it prote - cts you from tracking\, surveillance\, and censorship. Over the past year\ - , with the help of a global team of contributors and one-on-one feedback f - rom users around the world\, the Tor Project has made major improvements t - o its software. A handful of Tor contributors will share what progress Tor - teams have made\, and what challenges they face. They’ll discuss new re - leases like Tor Browser for Android\, usability improvements to Tor Browse - r\, outreach initiatives\, Tor network advancements\, Tor’s new anti-cen - sorship team\, and what’s to come in the next year. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Free APIs: The next generation -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:13@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Shaun Carland";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Over the last decade\, Application Programming Interfaces (API - s) have acted as the pillars of application development. They provide mech - anisms which allow applications to communicate with each other. Developers - can integrate various APIs into their code to create entirely new applica - tions. Unfortunately\, users of an API are held hostage to the licensing o - f its creator. If an API is not free software compliant\, then none of its - users can build free software off of it. Using the Google Maps API as a c - ase study\, we will examine the ethical and technological implications of - providing open\, but not free\, access to an API. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Hackerspace Rancho Electrónico -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:14@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Martha Esperilla";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Stefanía Acevedo";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:i - nvalid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:We will discuss the Rancho Electrónico Hackerspace\, a space - that promotes community and offers an educational alternative to scholasti - c methodologies\, and CoAA TV\, which is the product of the joint efforts - of members of two collectives\, Rancho Electrónico and Laboratorio Popula - r de Medios Libres (Popular Laboratory of Free Media). CoAA TV is a DIY pr - oject that forgoes any type of sponsorship or support from government inst - itutions or private companies alike. The channel focuses on experiences\, - stories\, struggles\, debates\, and thoughts of oppressed and autonomous g - roups. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Large-scale collaboration with free software -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:15@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Edward Platt";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Valerie Young";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Christopher Webber";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:in - valid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Amy Zhang";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:nom - ail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:The Internet has made it possible for large\, decentralized gr - oups of people from around the world to collaborate with each other\, but - large-scale collaboration is difficult\, and the best practices for effect - ive collaboration are still being worked out by organizers\, developers\, - and collaborators. Free software has provided working examples of large-sc - ale collaborative communities\, as well as practical tools for those commu - nities to use. Tools like MediaWiki\, Loomio\, Discourse\, Etherpad\, and - Git all provide functionality useful for decentralized collaboration. In t - his panel\, organizers\, developers\, and collaborators will discuss best - practices and pitfalls of using these and other tools in real-world collab - orations. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:GPL enforcement and customer benefits: Evidence from OpenWRT -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:16@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Do Yoon Kim";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:GPL enforcement is an integral part of software freedom\, but - we lack systematic evidence on what kind of benefits successful enforcemen - t can provide us. In this session\, I discuss a case in which GPL enforcem - ent led to quantifiable benefits for customers: GPL violations by Cisco/Li - nksys\, and the emergence of OpenWRT. In 2003\, Cisco/Linksys was found to - be in violation of the GPL by distributing GNU/Linux source code with its - WRT54G. Successful negotiations by the FSF led Cisco/Linksys to release s - ource code\, creating a wide array of custom firmware projects. In this t - alk\, I collect data on wireless routers\, custom firmware compatibility\, - and match this to Amazon.com reviews. I show that users value routers com - patible with OpenWRT\, and that these products have higher reviews and sel - l more. This talk highlights the importance of measuring the impact of GPL - enforcement\, and shows how GPL enforcement can benefit customers. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Sparking change: What free software can learn from successful soci - al movements -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:17@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Mary Kate Fain ";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inval - id:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:While proprietary software remains one of the biggest threats - to personal liberty\, democracy\, and a free future\, one simple reality r - emains: no one takes us seriously. What can free software advocates learn - from the successful social movements and revolutions of the past\, and how - can we apply it to a technological revolution? An experienced grassroots - organizer and software developer guided by the principles of Kingian nonvi - olence will show you what it takes to mobilize communities and generate a - social crisis that can no longer be ignored. No technical knowledge requir - ed! -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Australia's decryption law and free software -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:18@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Amie Stepanovich";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Danny O'Brien";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Isabela Bagueros";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -ATTENDEE;CN="Ladar Levison";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Australia passed a law saying it can order anyone\, in broad a - nd vague circumstances\, to give secret help to the Australian government - in decrypting some information. Even people outside Australia can supposed - ly be ordered to do this. What should the free software community do to de - fend itself from this threat? -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Free software in the 3D-printing community -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:19@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Chris Thierauf";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:3D printing is now a household phrase\, and has cemented its u - sefulness in the industry over the last forty years. As 3D printing become - s more and more accessible for hobbyists\, it has become increasingly conn - ected to the free software and free hardware communities. This talk will d - iscuss the prevalence of free software and hardware in the 3D-printing com - munity by looking at each stage of the additive-manufacturing rapid-protot - yping process\, and will analyze the success that other fields can learn f - rom to increase freedom in their industries. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Copying files between computers -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:20@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Fischers Fritz";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Copying files between computers remains an advanced skill\, wi - th many people resorting to proprietary software\, services as software su - bstitutes\, and Internet connections for a task that should be simpler. I - will review existing free software techniques for copying files\, present - a new free software that is intended to facilitate file-copying by laypeop - le\, and assert that this new software would be superior to the popular pr - oprietary software even if the licensing were not a concern. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Awards presentation and speech -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T171500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T180000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:21@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Richard Stallman";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inva - lid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Announcement of the 2019 Free Software Award winners. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Closing -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T180000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190323T181500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:22@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="John Sullivan";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Thank you for coming to LibrePlanet 2019! -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Welcome to LibrePlanet (Day 2) -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T094500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T100000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:23@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="John Sullivan";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Welcome to LibrePlanet (take 2)! -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Freedom is fun -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T100000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T104500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:24@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Bdale Garbee";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:The foundation for the immense success of free software was ou - r shared value of enabling and maintaining end user freedom. The licenses - we developed lowered the barrier between producers and consumers of softw - are\, and enable everyone to pursue their passions in collaboration with o - thers. Participating in any of today's diverse wealth of free software com - munities can be immensely rewarding... and if we're doing it right\, just - plain fun! In this session\, Bdale will offer some advice based on his exp - erience having fun working on free software\, punctuated with examples fro - m his propensity for eventually turning all of his hobbies into free softw - are projects. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Why I forked my own project and my own company -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:25@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Frank Karlitschek";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inv - alid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:This talk describes the journey from ownCloud to Nextcloud. I - will explain the reasons behind the fork\, and why a 100 percent free soft - ware project and company is superior to an open-core project like ownCloud - . -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Building network equipment and a business with free software and l - iberated hardware -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:26@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Nishant Sharma";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Let's bust the myth around proprietary network appliances (fir - ewall UTMs\, routers\, access points\, etc.) and learn to build typical ne - twork equipment and enterprise solutions with free software and hardware t - hat's not locked down\, to get around the vendor-controlled usability and - upgrade and support restrictions. To address the data-privacy and user-tra - cking concerns\, the equipment can easily replace commercially marketed pr - oprietary home gateways\, routers\, network-access servers\, and access po - ints. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:DistrictBuilder: Free software for public mapping to revolutionize - redistricting -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T105500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T114000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:27@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Micah Altman";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:This talk will present DistrictBuilder\, a free software redis - tricting application designed to give the public transparent\, accessible\ - , and easy-to-use online mapping tools. The creators' aim is for all citiz - ens to have access to the same information that legislators use when drawi - ng congressional maps -- and use that data to create maps of their own. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Right to Repair and the DMCA -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:28@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Nathan Proctor";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:The Right to Repair increasingly requires certain types of sof - tware and DRM freedom. In this session\, representatives of the Right to R - epair movement describe its goals and activities\, summarize legislative e - fforts in the US (particularly regarding the DMCA)\, and discuss oppositio - n theories. We discuss where the goals of the movement align with the free - software movement. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:OpenStreetMap -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:29@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Kate Chapman";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:OpenStreetMap (OSM) began in 2004 as a reaction to the high co - st of geospatial information. Initially data was mostly collected by handh - eld GPS\, so the OSM of 2004 looks very different from the OSM of 2019. OS - M is still powered by individual mappers collecting data\, but the variety - of ways the information is created and the ways it is used and distribute - d has expanded greatly. This talk will briefly review the history of OSM\, - why it is so important\, how it has changed\, and where it might be heade - d in the future. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Meta-rules for codes of conduct: Communicating about the commons -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T115000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T123500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:30@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Katheryn Sutter";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inval - id:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:I'll be discussing what codes of conduct are intended to prote - ct. No code will be appropriate in all contexts\; free software projects' - needs and cultures differ enough so that no single code of conduct can cov - er them all. Groups need to establish their own codes\, according to their - needs and current culture. Before arguing what codes of conduct should sa - y\, how they should be implemented\, and who should enforce them\, we need - to consider what these codes might protect and why. Then\, in the future\ - , any given group might think better about criteria for proposed communica - tion guidelines or codes of conduct. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Library Freedom Institute: A new hope -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:31@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Bryan Jones";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -ATTENDEE;CN="Alison Macrina";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invali - d:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Founded in 2017\, the Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a par - tnership between Library Freedom Project and New York University to teach - librarians the skills necessary to thrive as privacy advocates\, from inst - alling privacy-focused free software to influencing public policy. In this - panel\, Library Freedom Project director Alison Macrina and Bryan Neil Jo - nes\, from the Nashville Public Library\, will discuss LFI’s goals\ - , accomplishments\, and challenges. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:What do courts think the GPL means (so far)? -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:32@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Marc Jones";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:no - mail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:This presentation will review several court cases interpreting - the free software licenses. The focus will be on what the courts conclude - d the licenses meant\, and what questions courts have left open. We will a - lso review court cases covering nonfree software licenses\, such as a case - involving a Creative Commons license\, to see what lessons we might learn - from them\, as well. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:The joy of bug reporting -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T133500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T142000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:33@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Lori Nagel";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:no - mail -ATTENDEE;CN="Alex Claffey";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Typically people think there is a difference between software - users and developers. Users use software\, while developers write it. How - does one transition between just using software and making it? One easy wa - y to help free software projects is to report bugs and suggest features. T - his talk will walk you through the step-by-step process of finding a proje - ct where your contribution will be useful\, downloading the project\, comp - iling the project\, running the project\, and reporting bugs. No prior pro - gramming knowledge is necessary to understand this talk\, but prior knowle - dge of GNU/Linux would be helpful. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:The future of computing and why you should care -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:34@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Todd Weaver";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:I will be discussing the past\, present\, and future of comput - ing as it relates to digital rights. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Free software/utopia -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:35@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Deborah Nicholson";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inv - alid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Free software will not win by "merely" replacing proprietary s - oftware. We need to lead with a vision of how the world could be. A volunt - ary community\, one where people participate by choice\, does not have to - replicate the power structures\, gatekeeping\, or casual cruelty of the sy - stems it seeks to replace. We could make free software the most empowering - place to build software. Free software tools could enable new ways of cra - fting user experiences that proprietary software providers seem unwilling - to offer. Free software could transform the relationship between users and - developers\, so that users feel like partners instead of sales metrics. F - ree software communities should be seeking to outdo proprietary software's - methods and social norms in every possible way. We've made a great start - by empowering many technical and semi-technical users\, but we can't stop - there. (What kind of utopia only has coders in it?) Let's build a kinder a - nd more practical free software movement to empower all kinds of people! -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Who's afraid of Spectre and Meltdown? -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T143000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T151500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:36@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Alexandre Oliva";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:inval - id:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Architectural bugs Spectre and Meltdown have caused major pani - c and still worry many. Oddly\, some proposed mitigations that require ins - talling proprietary blobs have not caused similar worries\, despite growin - g awareness about prevalent data collection\, built-in backdoors\, and the - risks of placing too much trust in software and hardware designers with i - nterests not aligned with those of users. Who can we trust\, then? What le - ssons are there for the free software community? Being suspicious of Web b - lobs and foggy computing\, and not victimizing anyone through them\, do we - have anything to fear but fear itself? -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Lightning talks -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:37@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Organized by Donald Robertson";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PAR - TICIPANT:invalid:nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Five-minute talks by conference attendees. Sign up to give one - ! -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Computational symbiosis: Methods that meld mind and machine -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:38@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Mike Gerwitz";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Words like "wizardry" and "incantation" have long been used to - describe skillful computational feats. But neither computers nor their us - ers are performing feats of magic\; for systems to think\, we must tell th - em how. Today\, users most often follow a carefully choreographed workflow - that thinks for them\, limited by a narrow set of premeditated possibilit - ies. But there exist concepts that offer virtually no limits on freedom of - expression or thought\, blurring the distinction between "user" and "prog - rammer." This session demonstrates a range of practical possibilities when - a machine acts as an extension of the user's imagination\, for the techni - cal and nontechnical alike. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Trauma directors toolbox: Free software for the visualization\, an - alysis\, and improvement of trauma care -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T152500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T161000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:39@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Eric Olle";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:nom - ail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:We had a goal of helping a trauma director utilize surgeons' d - ata to improve patient outcomes and preventative programs. I will discuss - how a piece of R script was developed with a group of trauma surgeons to m - ake this possible. This free software is an initial step that could easily - be expanded to incorporate EHR data or analysis of historical patient dat - a with an aim to improve patient care and outcomes. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Modern Emacs IDE -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:40@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Chase Kelley";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Many people end up using nonfree development environments or r - emain unhappy with the free options like Eclipse. Emacs and the community - around it have created a feature-full IDE that surpasses the other options - in so many ways. This talk serves as an overview for the plethora of feat - ures offered by Emacs (and specifically the Spacemacs distribution) that c - an transform the way you work. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Security by and for free software -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:41@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Ryan Prior";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:no - mail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Controlling your machines is necessary for software freedom\, - and vice versa. But amid frequent news of data breaches\, security sometim - es feels out of reach. There is hope: with security education for hackers\ - , security-enhancing features embedded into free operating systems and app - lication platforms\, and a mindful approach to data collection and managem - ent\, we will prevail. In this session\, I’ll share how hackers can main - tain control over their own computing\, even in adversarial environments. - I'll also share high-impact ways to secure your computing using free softw - are\, and how\, as a maintainer\, distributor\, or operator\, you can secu - re your platform for everyone’s benefit. -LOCATION:Room 32-155 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Saving democracy with the Web's infrastructure -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T162000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T170500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:42@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Danny Haidar";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid: - nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Our technological prowess can defend democracy or destroy it. - In 2016\, the world got an indication of the direction in which we are hea - ded. But it’s not too late to change course. The change starts with the - Web’s infrastructure. In this session\, Danny explains how the modern We - b threatens democracy\, why we must decentralize the Web using technology - like FreedomBox\, and what you can do today. In 2010\, the FreedomBox proj - ect was launched. After nine years\, it has arrived to help you save the d - ay. But FreedomBox itself won’t save the day. You will. How? Join this s - ession to learn. -LOCATION:Room 32-144 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:How can we prevent the Orwellian 1984 digital world? -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T171500 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T180000 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:43@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="Micky Metts";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid:n - omail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:We are living in a society where -- as mere individuals -- it - seems out of our control and in the hands of those who have the power to p - ublish and distribute information swiftly and widely\, or who can refuse t - o publish or distribute information. Algorithms now sort us into Global da - tabases like PRISM or ECHELON\, and there are devices such as StingRay cel - l phone trackers used to categorize our every movement. We may build our - own profiles online\, but we do not have access to the meta-profile built - by the corporate entities that our queries traverse as we navigate online\ - , purchasing goods and services as well as logging into sites where we hav - e accounts. The level of intrusion into our most private thoughts should b - e alarming\, yet most fail to heed the call as they feel small\, alone\, a - nd unable to defy the scrutiny of disapproval from the powers that govern - societal norms and their peers. Together\, we can change this. Micky will - engage your mind on a journey to open an ongoing discussion to rediscover - and reawaken your own creative thought processes. Together\, we build a co - nversation that should never end as it will join us together transparently - maintaining our freedoms\, with free software as the foundation. Where do - we find our personal power\, and how do we use it as developers? Do we ha - ve a collective goal? Have you checked your social credit rating lately? O - thers have. -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -BEGIN:VEVENT -SUMMARY:Closing\, FSF staff -DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T180000 -DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190324T181500 -DTSTAMP:20190323T023023Z -UID:44@LP2019@libreplanet.org -ATTENDEE;CN="John Sullivan";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid - :nomail -CLASS:PUBLIC -DESCRIPTION:Thank you for coming to LibrePlanet 2019! See you next year! -LOCATION:Room 32-123 -METHOD:PUBLISH -STATUS:CONFIRMED -END:VEVENT -END:VCALENDAR diff --git a/2020/lp2020-schedule.ics b/2020/lp2020-schedule.ics new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0dfd12a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/2020/lp2020-schedule.ics @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +BEGIN:VCALENDAR +VERSION:2.0 +PRODID:-//lpschedule generator//mxm.dk// +X-WR-CALNAME:LibrePlanet 2020 +BEGIN:VEVENT +SUMMARY:Welcome to LibrePlanet +DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20200314T94500 +DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20200314T100000 +DTSTAMP:20200314T023023Z +UID:1@LP2020@libreplanet.org +ATTENDEE;CN="John Sullivan";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT:invalid + :nomail +CLASS:PUBLIC +DESCRIPTION:Welcome to LibrePlanet! +LOCATION:Back Bay Grand +METHOD:PUBLISH +STATUS:CONFIRMED +END:VEVENT +END:VCALENDAR