Software Freedom Conservancy

Software Freedom Conservancy | @conservancy@social.sfconservancy.org

Software Freedom Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) public charity that acts as a non-profit home for Free, Libre, and Open Source Software projects.

https://sfconservancy.org

organized by @conservancy begins next week in Portland, Oregon, and there is an "AArch64/ARM64 Servers and Open Source - The Who, What, Why, and How" track on Thursday, July 13th
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/#thursday

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Getting ready for : Great speakers from and the broader , , and communities.

Sessions on , , , , , and more.

Thank you @conservancy and staff for all your hard work and support!!!

Schedule and registration at. https://2023.fossy.us/

What better way to learn about FreeBSD than from FreeBSD Foundation executive director @dgoodkin and marketing coordinator Drew Gurkowski? You'll leave their July 13 #FOSSY workshop knowing how to set up and use a FreeBSD virtual machine:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/135/

Five letter acronym for free software conference you don't want to miss? Keep the Fun in #FOSSY with @gnome Director of Operations Rosanna Yuen, who will talk on July 13 about crossword puzzles and how to make them with free software:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/93/

Catch my Snowdrift? It's a nonprofit cooperative run by an international team driven by a common goal: To dramatically improve the ability of ordinary people to fund public goods -- hear more from co-founder @wolftune at #FOSSY in Portland on July 16:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/145/

FOSSY is happening next week!! Thursday the 13th in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center. Be sure to register this week so we can print your badge and get an accurate head count for lunch! https://2023.fossy.us/attend/tickets/

๐ŸŒŸ Thrilled to be part of in Portland, Oregon! ๐ŸŽ‰ Join us from July 13-16 and witness our commitment to the open source community. Together, let's make a difference!

Find more here! โžก๏ธ https://2023.fossy.us/

@conservancy

Talk non-profit boards with @ThePSF executive director
@baconandcoconut, at #FOSSY in Portland on July 15:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/32/ -- learn about the
different kinds of non-profit boards, long-term strategies for success
and some ways to course correct when it feels like things could be
better.

What we call "firmware" has changed quite a bit over the years. How
should the free software movement address the issues raised by modern
firmware practices? Join the discussion with award-winning author
@kyle at #FOSSY in Portland on July 14:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/86/

Is your project worried about maintainer burnout? Needing to help
develop new leaders? Wanting better technical decision making
processes? Learn about these topics and more with @shauna
at #FOSSY in Portland on July 14:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/40/

Who is going to FOSSY next month? https://2023.fossy.us/ (I won't be there, but it should be a fun event)

One great way to help out at FOSSY is to sign up for volunteering: https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/GF8gkmQfSFdyHoaNPiTWeCCx
One 3 hour shift is all it takes to get a ticket to all 4 days of incredible talks and community building opportunities!

A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model
SFC's Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, has written a comprehensive analysis of the situation with the #RHEL (#RedHat Enterprise #Linux) business model, and how it relates to the software rights & freedoms promised in the #GPL agreements.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/

#CentOS #RedHat #OpenSource #copyleft #FOSS

There's still time to book your hotel room for FOSSY! https://2023.fossy.us/travel/#hotels
Come visit Portland for 4 days of incredible FOSS talks, you can see our schedule https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/

The @conservancy conference is coming up on July 13 in Portland, Oregon!

With the conference less than a month away, now is a good time to share my newcomer's guide to open source conferences:

https://sage.thesharps.us/2016/02/02/first-timers-guide-to-foss-conferences/

If you're a newcomer to open source, FOSSY is going to be a great first conference to attend.

FOSSY talk tracks include open source gaming, containers, ARM, open source communities, DEI in open source, and universities and educators using open source. Lots of things for everyone:

https://2023.fossy.us/


Join us Thursday the 13th for registration and a welcome lunch, then there are 2 workshops and 3 tracks to choose from!
Grow Your Project Workshop, Free BSD Workshop, AArch64/ARM64 Servers and Open Source, FOSS For Education, XMPP

Friday the 14th we'll begin with a keynote and coffee and continue with FOSS For Education, Sustainable Open Source Business, Community: Open Source in Practice, FOSS at Play: Games, creative development, and open technology, and 2 half day tracks for BSD Unix and Copyleft and Compliance

Saturday the 15th has continuations for FOSS For Education and Community: Open Source in Practice also FOSS in Daily Life, Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS, Security, Issues in Open Work

Sunday the 16th rounds out the conference with day 2 of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS
and Software Worker Coops, Open Source AI + Data, Container Days, Science of Community

If you are looking to volunteer: https://2023.fossy.us/attend/volunteer/ we need help with setup/ cleanup, room hosting, code of conduct enforcement or any of the activities listed, please reach out to us here or conference@sfconservancy.org All volunteers will get a complimentary ticket, good for all 4 days of the conference.

If you haven't gotten your ticket yet, please register so we know how much lunch to order https://2023.fossy.us/attend/tickets/ and be sure to grab a room from our hotel block https://2023.fossy.us/travel/#hotels

And here's the schedule!! https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/ while the track days are set, talk times might be adjusted to accommodate speaker travel, so be sure to keep an eye on it if you are looking for a particular talk.
Thanks to all our fantastic track organizers and speakers for making this possible. We're incredibly excited to build and run this conference with you all. Can't wait to see you in Portland, OR July 13th-16th!

FOSSY is a month out! A great time to book your hotel in our block and finalize travel plans: https://2023.fossy.us/travel/
Look forward to the schedule very soon, we've finalized the tracks and are just waiting on speaker acceptances!

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