Software Freedom Conservancy @conservancy@mastodon.technology

This week we're discussing online resources for learners of all ages that either use or teach free software or otherwise support you -- or your child's -- development as free software user or contributor. See you Thursday at 2pm ET/6pm UTC in #conservancy

Did you miss the Principles of Digital Autonomy talk given by @o0karen0o and Molly de Blanc at #hopeconf this past weekend? No problem, it's already been posted so you can watch it now. https://archive.org/details/hopeconf2020/20200801_1600_Principles_of_Digital_Autonomy.mp4

We pushed for another renewal of DMCA exemptions for smart TV's and medical devices. Learn more about it here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jul/30/refile2020/

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See you today in #conservancy in ~3 hours for #freesoftware chat and news. (That's 2pm EDT/6pm UTC) Newcomers are welcome! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/29/virtualchat2/

Our weekly chats have evolved, we discussed copyleft, ethics & then racism in free software. Going forward we're going to choose a topic for the first Thursday of the month and host a "no topic" chat on the other Thursdays. More on the progression here, https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/29/virtualchat2/

Join us tomorrow for #freesoftware chat or "FLOSSIP" about projects and licensing in #conservancy on freenode.net, 2pm ET/6pm UTC. New folks are 100% welcome in our channel! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/mar/12/virtualchat/

Catch "Principles of Digital Autonomy" live, this Saturday at 16:00 EDT, with our Exec Director @o0karen0o with digital rights activist Molly de Blanc at HOPE 💾💾💾 https://scheduler.hope.net/hope2020/talk/RGHPAL/

Today at 18:45 UT/12:45 ET, our Director of Community Operations @baconandcoconut presents "Building Ethical Software Under Capitalism" at virtual @GUADEC See you there! https://events.gnome.org/event/1/contributions/87/

See you in #conservancy in ~10 minutes!

Please join us for friendly #freesoftware chat in #conservancy on freenode.net today at 2pm ET/6pm UTC -- new folks are always welcome to join us! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/mar/12/virtualchat/

Our Director of Community Operations @freedeb presents at Guadec today "Let's Have Great Meetings!" at 1:15 ET/17:15 UTC. See you there! https://events.gnome.org/event/1/contributions/93/

Join us tomorrow for friendly free software in #conservancy on freenode.net at 2pm ET/6pm UT, https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/mar/12/virtualchat/

Our Executive Director @o0karen0o and the amazing Molly de Blanc speak today about Digital Autonomy at virtual Guadec at 18:45 UTC, hope to "see" you there! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/17/virtguadec/

We're excited to welcome the Institute for Computing in Research, a project that provides opportunities for young scientists, using #freesoftware to Conservancy. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jul/21/ICRjoins/

We'll be at @guadec virtually next week! We're hoping to see you there. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/17/virtguadec/

Our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, encourages everyone to welcome newcomer #FOSS organizations, avoid NIH & monoculture, while still vetting organizations and holding them accountable for their policies: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/09/org-proliferation/

Today's chat started with "what's your favorite distro?" and finished with a discussion on trademarks in free software. Check out Bkuhn's excellent post on the latter, https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/09/org-proliferation/

@conservancy Time for chat!