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From: Miriam LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community will be held on May 4 & 5, 2024, at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA, and online. LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community was held on May 4 & 5, 2024, at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA, and online. Google is attacking the free internet with its "Web
Environment Integrity" proposal, companies are
excessively collecting our data to feed their Large
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governments around the world are drafting legislation
that threatens free software and our privacy. Now,
a growing free software community is needed more
-than ever to meet these challenges. Come to
-LibrePlanet to discuss how to foster the free software
+than ever to meet these challenges. At
+LibrePlanet 2024, we discussed how to foster the free software
community, how to counter current threats to free
software, and face the challenges ahead.About LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community
-
The theme for LibrePlanet 2024 is "Cultivating Community." -The focus will be on further growing the free software +
The theme for LibrePlanet 2024 was "Cultivating Community." +The focus was on further growing the free software movement, mobilizing from the grassroots, and building a -stronger community in the process. We will ask ourselves: How can we be +stronger community in the process. We asked ourselves: How can we be a welcoming community that attracts newcomers as well as a lasting home to all those wonderful people who -belong to it? As always, LibrePlanet will feature talk related to free +belong to it? As always, LibrePlanet featured talks related to free software and fitting one of the following tracks: Licensing, security, community, social context, hardware, freedom ladder, free software documentation, free software in government, education, or practice, workshops, or talks that -explore the free software concept. Following our theme, we will highlight speakers who -show ways of effectively organizing community, increasing +explore the free software concept. Following our theme, we highlighted speakers who +showed ways of effectively organizing community, increasing diversity, facilitating the participation of volunteers, and encouraging users to contribute to their favorite projects. -During the conference, you can learn about free software projects +During the conference, attendees could learn about free software projects that invite newcomers to participate, community platforms that enable participation, and free software that attracts new users.
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