Toronto Software Freedom Day
hosted by LibrePlanet Ontario
LibrePlanet is the user group for Free Software users, sponsored by the Free Software Foundation.
LibrePlanet Ontario is the chapter for the province of Ontario, Canada, with members in Toronto, Ottawa, and Kitchener-Waterloo.
For the first time in 2015 LibrePlanet Ontario will be organizing a Software Freedom Day event in Toronto. We're now accepting proposals for presentations, workshops, and contributions for a Free Software collection.
Please contact the organizers listed on the LibrePlanet Ontario page if you'd like to get involved.
Schedule
Time |
Presentation |
10:00am - 10:50am |
What Is Software Freedom |
11:00am - 11:50am |
Free Software in Musical Performance |
12:00n - 12:30pm |
Lighting Talks |
12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch and Free Culture Short Films |
2:00pm - 2:50pm |
E-mail Privacy with Free Software |
3:00pm - 3:50pm |
Presentations
What Is Software Freedom
Sergio Durigan Jr. gives a bit of history of the Free Software movement, and explains why Free Software is not like Free Beer.
Free Software in Musical Performance
Blaise Alleyne has been performing music for many years. He uses Free Software to enhance his performance. He'll demonstrate some of the Free Software tools he uses.
Lightning Talks: Using Free Software To Make More Free Software
Aruna Hewapathirane tells us how Free Software let him customize his Free Operating System.
Lightning Talks: Programming Languages
Rudolf Olah will be presenting some Free Software programming languages
Free Culture Short Films
Laurel Russwurm shows a collection of films that have been released under a Creative Commons license, returned to the Public Domain, or that were never covered by copyright due to legal issues.
Email Privacy with Free Software
Bob Jonkman gives a quick overview of encryption, and shows off Free Software that secures your e-mail.
GnuPG/PGP Keysigning
Bob Jonkman will expand the Web of Trust by conducting a Formal Keysigning where people read their key fingerprints and vouch for each other. To participate in the Formal Keysigning please e-mail your public GnuPG/PGP key to Bob Jonkman at bjonkman@sobac.com For anyone who wants to create GnuPG keys there will be help available, followed by an Informal Keysigning. Bring your laptop if you're creating GnuPG keys!
Contact
Follow us in social media at:
Twitter: @SFDToronto
Fediverse: @sfdtoronto@sn.jonkman.ca