= Toronto Software Freedom Day =

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== hosted by LibrePlanet Ontario ==
[[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:About|LibrePlanet]] is the user group for Free Software users, sponsored by the [[https://www.fsf.org/ | Free Software Foundation]].

[[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario|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 [[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario|LibrePlanet Ontario]] page if you'd like to get involved.


=== Schedule ===
||<tablestyle="background:white;text-align:center;":rowstyle="font-weight:bolder;font-size:larger;background:#ccc;"> Time || Presentation ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 10:00am - 10:50am || [[#What_Is_Software_Freedom|What Is Software Freedom]]<<BR>>(Sergio Durigan) ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 11:00am - 11:50am || [[#Free_Software_in_Musical_Performance|Free Software in Musical Performance]]<<BR>>(Blaise Alleyne) ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 12:00n - 12:30pm || Lighting Talks<<BR>>([[#Lightning_Talks:_Using_Free_Software_To_Make_More_Free_Software|Aruna Hewapathirane]], [[#Lightning_Talks:_Programming_Languages|Rudolf Olah]]) ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 12:30pm - 2:00pm || Lunch and [[#Free_Culture_Short_Films|Free Culture Short Films ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 2:00pm - 2:50pm || [[#Email_Privacy_with_Free_Software|E-mail Privacy with Free Software]]<<BR>>(Bob Jonkman) ||
||<style="font-weight:bolder;"> 3:00pm - 3:50pm || [[#GnuPG/PGP Keysigning|GnuPG/PGP Keysigning]] ||

=== 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 [[http://sobac.com/wiki/index.php/Formal_Keysigning|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 [[http://sobac.com/wiki/index.php/Informal_Keysigning|Informal Keysigning]]. Bring your laptop if you're creating GnuPG keys!




=== Contact ===
Follow us in social media at:
 * Twitter: [[https://twitter.com/SFDToronto|@SFDToronto]]
 * Fediverse: [[http://sn.jonkman.ca/sfdtoronto|@sfdtoronto@sn.jonkman.ca]]

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