LibrePlanet free software conference

## LibrePlanet free software conference coming to MIT March 21-22  

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) and MIT's Student Information Processing
Board (SIPB) are once again teaming up to bring the [LibrePlanet free
software conference][1] to Cambridge, March 21-22, 2015 at the Stata
Center at MIT. LibrePlanet is an annual conference for people who care
about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers,
policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share
accomplishments, and face challenges facing the free software
movement. LibrePlanet 2015 will feature programming for all ages and
experience levels.

Organized around the theme "Free Software Everywhere," the
conference's sessions touch on the many places and ways in which free
software is used around the world, as well as ways to make free
software ubiquitous. Keynote speakers include Free Software Foundation
founder Richard Stallman, Software Freedom Conservancy executive
director Karen Sandler, and University of Washington professor
Benjamin Mako Hill.

This year's LibrePlanet conference will feature over [30 sessions][2],
such as *Attribution revolution -- turning copyright upside-down*,
*Fighting surveillance with a free, distributed, and federated net*,
and *Librarians fight back: free software solutions for digital
privacy*, as well as a hands-on workshop showing participants how to
replace even the low-level proprietary software on laptops with
something that respects their freedom.

"If you're bothered by the loss of control over your computer and cell
phone and all your digital information, and want to know what you can
do about it, come to LibrePlanet. The LibrePlanet program is full of
presenters who are working from a variety of disciplines to protect
our freedom, privacy, and security as computer users," said Libby
Reinish, a campaigns manager at the Free Software Foundation.

[Online registration][3] for LibrePlanet 2015 is now open; attendees
may also register in person at the event.

### About LibrePlanet  

LibrePlanet is the annual conference of the Free Software Foundation,
and is co-produced by the Student Information Processing Board. What
was once a small gathering of FSF members has grown into a larger
event for anyone with an interest in the values of software
freedom. LibrePlanet is always gratis for [associate members][4] of
the FSF. To sign up for announcements about LibrePlanet 2015, visit
<https://www.libreplanet.org/2015>.

[LibrePlanet 2014][5] was held at MIT from March 22-23, 2014. Over 350
attendees from all over the world came together for conversations,
demonstrations, and keynotes centered around the theme of "Free
Software, Free Society." You can watch videos from past conferences at
<http://media.libreplanet.org>.

### About the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to
promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and
redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and
use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating
system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free
software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and
political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites,
located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information
about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at
<https://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

More information about the FSF, as well as important information for
journalists and publishers, is at <https://www.fsf.org/press>.

[1]: http://libreplanet.org/2015/
[2]: http://libreplanet.org/2015/program/
[3]: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=20
[4]: https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf
[5]: http://libreplanet.org/2014/

### Media Contact

Libby Reinish  
Campaigns Manager  
Free Software Foundation  
+1 (617) 542 5942  
<campaigns@fsf.org>  

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