MediaGoblin Feed for tag 'debconf17'http://media.libreplanet.org/tag/debconf17/2017-08-28T14:27:14.142985ZWerkzeugFreedom embedded: devices that respect users and communitieshttp://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/freedom-embedded-devices-that-respect-users-and-communities/2017-08-28T14:27:14.142985Zlibreplanethttp://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/<img src="http://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1806/freedom-embedded-devices-that-respect-us.vp8.thumbnail.jpg" alt= /> <div><p>GNU and Linux are now embedded in more kinds of hardware than ever, but nearly always only by requiring proprietary bits. The world’s most popular tablets and phones are based on a free core system loaded with nonfree software on top. We are at risk of free software being used primarily as a delivery vehicle to lower the cost of getting proprietary products to market.</p>
<p>How do we get the freedom we all want, and what is the market for that? The Free Software Foundation has a certification program called “Respects Your Freedom” (RYF) that awards a certification mark to hardware meeting a set of free software standards (fsf.org/ryf). </p>
<p>This talk was written by John Sullivan and delivered by Molly de Blanc.</p></div>Increasingly permissive or increasingly dismissive: Is GPL use declining?http://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/increasingly-permissive-or-increasingly-dismissive-is-gpl-use-declining/2017-08-17T14:26:48.015711Zlibreplanethttp://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/<img src="http://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1805/increasingly-permissive-or-increasingly-.vp8.thumbnail.jpg" alt= /> <p>In free software circles, a disturbing number of conversations treat it as given that fewer new projects are choosing copyleft licenses, and more are going the route of lax permissive. Though this has been repeated in news articles and blog posts, when we look deeper for evidence of the claim, we find either anecdotes (often from the field of corporate-backed project license choices), or highly questionable and unscientific data sets. In this talk, John Sullivan from the FSF evaluates these claims: assumptions and bits of conventional wisdom need to be audited just like code, to ensure that the business plans and movement-organizing decisions which flow from them aren’t based on rotten foundations.</p>All ages: How to build a movementhttp://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/all-ages-how-to-build-a-movement/2017-08-17T14:22:32.876380Zlibreplanethttp://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/<img src="http://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1804/all-ages-how-to-build-a-movement.vp8.thumbnail.jpg" alt= /> <p>Deborah Nicholson and Molly de Blanc want the free software movement to keep growing, and one facet of successful movement building is embracing a multi-generational community. The good news is that there is no age requirement for using, promoting and contributing to free software. The bad news is that we aren’t always doing a great job of facilitating a diverse, inter-generational movement. In this talk, we take a look at what we’re currently doing to bring in young people, how we are treating older people in our communities, and where there is room for improvement.</p>