So, to those who actually value software freedom, there is only one relevant question right now: Is Richard Stallman speaking at this event? If not, I will NOT attend! I shall maintain this position for the rest of my life (I'm not yet 50). If YOU can't defend those who defend software freedom, you are a fraud and a hypocrite! Play the ball, not the man - you must handle all complaints with dignity, for all parties, especially those "accused". Zenaan Harkness A past member of the Free Software Foundation (USA) On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 03:24:44PM -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote:

URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/oct/10/secondcopyleftconf/

Last year’s event was the first ever CopyleftConf. <https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/apr/30/copyleft-conf/> It was great <https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/feb/22/1stCopyleftConf/>! We have some videos up <https://2020.copyleftconf.org/video> and more are coming. Also, our call for proposals is open now <https://2020.copyleftconf.org/cfp>, through the end of the month — we’d love to hear from you.

The response was really positive and we’re looking forward to putting on a fantastic 2020 event. Because last year’s event was so well attended, we’ve gotten a larger venue for this year. <https://www.tricoterie.be/fr/?lang=en>

Participants from throughout the copyleft world — developers, strategists, enforcement organizations, scholars and critics — will be welcomed for an in-depth, high bandwidth, and expert-level discussion about the day-to-day details of using copyleft licensing, obstacles facing copyleft and the future of copyleft as a strategy to advance and defend software freedom for users and developers around the world.

The event will provide a friendly and safe place for discussion of copyleft as a key strategy for defending software freedom.

Conservancy encourages everyone to save the date of Monday 3 February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium for this second CopyleftConf. We’ve chosen the date and location to ease travel for those already attending FOSDEM the weekend preceding CopyleftConf.

Important Dates

* October 10th, 2019: CFP opens * November 3rd, 2019: CFP submission deadline * November 22nd, 2019: Conference schedule announced * February 3rd, 2020: Conference happens!

Watch Conservancy’s RSS feeds <https://sfconservancy.org/feeds/omnibus/> for CopyleftConf announcements as those dates approach!

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