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Building and living a free life isn't easy. Not only do we need to keep reminding ourselves about our reasons for choosing free/libre software, but also about being mindful when choosing the right hardware to run free software on. It's easy to run free software when we have complete control over our hardware, but when the hardware limits or controls what software can be run on it, it also eliminates our ability to choose free software.

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Unless we choose our hardware carefully, we will slowly run out of places to run free software. Hence, the necessity to build a "liberated home".

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When the software that defines and controls the device is proprietary, it eliminates our ability to repair or extend the device and renders the hardware unusable for a free software user.

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This talk will detail methods, practices, advice and solutions for common technology requirements in a typical home. It will also attempt to offer suggestions on how we can help others after we've solved some of these problems for ourselves.

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I describe myself as a hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist. I started using GNU/Linux exclusively in 1998 when I was a student and then started my first free software business - DeepRoot GNU/Linux - in 2000. Over the past 21 years, we have helped organizations of all sizes and sectors implement free software in various forms. The core idea has been that just the existence and awareness of free software is insufficient - unless someone can step in to offer support and services for it, many organizations would be unable to choose free software, or understand and appreciate its benefits.


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I started a "liberated hardware business" in 2016 - Mostly Harmless - to build and sell hardware that would enable people to run free software in more places. I now operate an online shop - libretech.shop - to sell these devices with the promise that all devices sold there would be "ethical and hackable products which also offer convenience."


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Enjoying life without DRM

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You Wouldn't Hate Artificial Scarcity

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Kaio Duarte Costa

Director of Student Councils of the Collegiate Union of Minas Gerais (UCMG), Member of the Board of Follow-up and Social Control of FUNDEB (ConsFUNDEB-MG), Substitute Member of the Permanent State Forum on Education (FEPEMG), Member of the Public Committee of the National Association of Data Privacy Professionals (ANPPD), associated with the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC) and the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). Hackeractivist, student and student representative.


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ANS coding replacing Huffman and AC - from introduction to patent issues

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I will briefly introduce to ANS coding family, which in recent years is replacing Huffman and arithmetic coding in data compressors - currently used e.g. in Linux kernel, default DNA compression, products of Apple, Facebook, Google, and many others like JPEG XL bringing hope to finally replace JPEG after 30 years. While I and many others shared our work to make it free to use, ANS has attracted patent vultures. A few years ago there was unsuccessful attempt by Google, however, now USPTO has granted very general patent to Microsoft for ANS variant used e.g. in JPEG XL.

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Jarek Duda received the M.Sc. degree in mathematics, the Ph.D. degree in computer science, and the Ph.D. degree in physics. He is currently an Assistant Professor with Jagiellonian University. He is mainly

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Retracing digital freedom as pattern learning for life

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This talk aims to illustrate a variety of different course components that could be introduced to model steps towards digital freedom. First, a brief overview of the interdisciplinary problem of software freedom will be given, which could be used in classrooms. Next, a note will be made on how to take an interdisciplinary approach to teaching via small course components. Third, the components will be explained. Fourth, the concept of retracing digital traces to leave creative ones will be outlined. Finally, if possible, the floor will be open to concerns and strategies related to digital freedom.

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This interactive talk aims to illustrate a variety of different learning components that can be introduced to model steps towards digital freedom. First, a brief overview of the pattern-based (Goodyear & Retalis 2010), interdisciplinary problem of software freedom will be given, with attention to the problem of leaving our own traces while we ourselves are being traced (c.f. Ricoeur 1988, Goetz 2022). Next, exploration will follow on how to take a pattern-based design approach (c.f. Tunstall 2019) to teaching via small learning components that can be used in a variety of learning contexts, not just in institutionalized learning. Third, illustrations will be given of these learning components. Finally, the floor will be open to comments, concerns, and strategies related to digital freedom, with three question prompts if an ice-breaker is needed.

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Digital freedom is a wicked problem (c.f. Rittel 1973). Insights into solving it can be had by retracing the history of the digital trace (c.f. Ricoeur 1988, Goetz 2022). This helps us to understand the reach of its pattern across knowledge domains and experience (Stiegler 2018, Zuboff 2019). It also helps us leave our own creative digital traces more consciously and conscientiously. This presentation outlines the problem and proceeds to explain a pattern-based approach (Goodyear & Retalis 2010) to greater possibility for shared digital freedom. This will be illustrated by sample learning components that can be implemented in a variety of different learning environments: from academic subjects to learning "in the wild" (c.f. Hutchins 1995). Illustrations range from project-based learning across different knowledge domains, to problem-based learning that uses narratives of ethical dilemmas involving "real life" decisions that threaten to compromise digital freedom, to basic examples of how to build our own tools that make steps towards reaching digital freedom in learning environments. Illustrations will be presented in terms of resources, relationality, structure, and affordances (Tunstall 2019) involving not just people and tools but activities and outcomes (Markauskaite & Goodyear 2017). Given the ever greater threats to digital freedom today, the presentation will briefly outline counter narratives for the purpose of inspiring professionals, teachers, participants, and beginners who may feel overwhelmed by the digital context. The interactive presentation invites participatory dialogue to expand on concerns and possibilities for digital freedom.

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Free Technologies to Enhance User Privacy, and Environmental Data Sovereignty and Transparency

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The ubiquity of low-power microprocessors brings unprecedented capability for the autonomous interaction between smart objects and services. However, it produces an ever-increasing amount of data that, most often, is relied on by online services that process, store and use it with low to no transparency for end users. Recent mass surveillance scandals show that we should think about privacy and security and apply it to environmental data. This is the next frontier of greed around data extractivism.

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This talk is about how free technologies can challenge the abusive practices of a few yet powerful actors controlling user data. A secure and decentralized framework to provide a change for the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm and support research and citizen science groups working with environmental data.

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Saulo Jacques has a PhD in Ecology and is a free and open technology developer. Currently, he is coordinator of research and development at Hacking Ecology, a project focused on free and open technologies for environmental monitoring and secure data management. He is also member of the Edge & Fog Research Groups and Digital Fabrication development group of the ICT Product Development, Services and Training of the University of Zimbabwe (CITS-UZ), and has previously worked with the Applied Technology Center of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (CTA-UFRGS).


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We live in a world where we are constantly distracted and experience eye strain from our digital devices - jeopardizing our health, relationships with ourselves, each other, and with the person we want to be.

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At Modos, we are working towards building an open-hardware and free software e-ink laptop. In this talk, I will introduce Modos, discuss the challenges of building an open-hardware and free software laptop, how we are addressing these challenges, status, and the next steps.

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Alexander Soto is the founder of Modos an open-hardware and free software company, project, and community that designs, manufactures, and sells digital devices that respect users’ freedom and creates a healthier relationship with technology.


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