LIBREPLANET 2012 Thanks for coming to LibrePlanet 2012 — We've worked hard to make this the very best LibrePlanet conference we've run. The venue this year is great, and I'm very pleased to personally welcome you. I would love to hear your opinion of the conference, but there's time for that later. We have some amazing speakers lined up for this year's event, and while you won't be able to see all of them, I hope you'll give them all a warm welcome and listen to what they have to say. To fully enjoy LibrePlanet you will need something to take notes, maybe a computer running free software or even a notepad. You'll also need a smattering of genius, but the fact you're reading this is a sure indication that you are eminently qualified on that score. If you're not speaking, but would like to say something, we have a lightning talk session open on Saturday e)clusively for people who aren't speaking. You can sign up to give a talk at http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2012 /LightningTalks In this booklet you'll find all the information you need at this event, including emergency contact information, where to eat and drink, the code of conduct we expect of everyone and of course, how to connect to the wireless network And on the back of this booklet, you'll find information on the G,U Press store and social events where you can hang out with your fellow conference attendees. But there's time for all that later. Have fun! Matt Lee Campaigns 1anager Free Software Foundation Important information Getting to the conference — the conference is at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. We'll leave getting to Boston to you, but once you're here, take the MBTA's Red Line toward either Ashmont or Braintree (these are the only choices in the correct direction) and get off at JFK/U Mass station. From here, 1 LIBREPLANET 2012 you can take a Shuttle Bus to the University campus. The shuttle bus leaves fairly regularly from a parking lot ne)t to the station, and you should get off at the main campus center building, a large white building. Eating — Every day there's breakfast, on us. If you'd like to kick in a few dollars, you'll find a %ar to do so next to the breakfast. If you bought a food ticket as part of your registration, keep it safe as you will be re'uired to give it up in exchange for lunch. If you lose it, you lose your lunch, so to speak If you chose to not get food from us, you'll find a grocery store back near the MBTA station. You can also bring your own food. We will not have extra food available for sale, but you may also find food at the nearby JFK Library. On Saturday, food will be served in the room where the majority of the talks take place. On Sunday, food will be served in the ballroom. Drinking — It's really important to stay hydrated. All over the university are water fountains. Vending machines are all over the place as well, and we'll be providing soft drinks for peo#le who bought lunch. In terms of social events and that kind of drinking! see the back page Code of conduct — We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Offensive or graphic sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference at the discretion of the conference organizers. You can see the full anti-harrassment policy at http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Anti-harassment_policy Wireless — there's wireless internet all over the place at UMass — here are the connection details you need: Wireless network: guest A web page will appear when you try and access anything in your browser. Enter the following information. Login: cc-guestuser Password: Boston13 Remember, this is not your network. Anything you do on the network will reflect on the FSF. Help! — If you need any kind of assistance from the conference staff, please go to the information desk. Emergency: In the event of any kind of medical emergency, please dial 911 first and inform the FSF, in person, at the information desk second. Conference areas Information desk + registration GNU Press Store Hacking Space Directory Sprint Talks Information desk + registration This will be the place to register. You will be given this booklet at registration. If you lose it, we have some extra copies. More importantly? this is the place to go if you have any questions, feel unwell, have a problem, feel harassed or anything else. 2 LIBREPLANET 2012 GNU Press Store Donald and Jasimin will be here throughout the conference, with a range of books and other items you can buy. We've put a price list on the back cover of this leaflet, and you can pay with cash or credit card. Hacking Space This is a little more of a free-for-all — a quiet (possibly) space for you to work on projects alone, or with others. If you need to take a phone call when you're in here, please take it outside. Directory Sprint The FSF runs a project called the Free Software Directory — http://%ire tory.fsf.org — join us in the directory sprint room and add your favorite projects to the Directory. Talks The most important thing of all — the talks. We've put all the speakers and all of the information we have on their talks here. Streaming We'll have various streams going throughout the conference. See http://li/e.fsf.org for streams. Saturday Conference The Saturday conference has two tracks, space for hacking, and a directory sprint. Track One: 2551 (room 2551 on the second floor) Track Two: 2540 (room 2540 on the second floor) Hacking space: 2550B Directory Sprint: 254C Sunday Conference The Sunday conference has one track, plus a space for hacking, and a directory sprint. At 4pm, all the rooms other than the main ballroom will be closed down for the Free Software Awards Speaking track: 3550A — Third floor ballroom, section A Directory Sprint: 3545 — Third floor Hacking space: 3215 Saturday Sche%ule (first talk in 2551, se ond in 2540) 9am —Breakfast and Registration / GNU Press Store —.reakfast served in room U02-2551 only 10am —Welcome to the conference, 7ohn Sullivan, Matt Lee, Josh +ay (U02>2551 only) —Event in room U02-2551 only @ LIBREPLANET 2012 10?20am —FSF Campaigns Update, Matt Lee, Josh +ay (U02>2551 only) —Event in room U02-2551 only 11am —Trisquel 5.5 release, Rubén Rodríguez —TBA, Masayuki Hatta 11?@5am —Break —Break 11?D5am —GNU Telephony, David Sugar —Running events that attract and retain newcomers, Asheesh Laroia 12?@0pm —Lunch —Keysigning 1:25#m —GNU Savannah, Michael J. Flickinger —Digital Justice: How Technology and 3ree Software Can Build Communities and Help Close the Digital Divide, Joel Izlar 1:55#m —Why Cars need Free Software, Alison Chaiken —Lightning Talks 2:30#m —The 3(3 +PL compliance Lab, Brett Smith — 3:10#m —Libre Graphics magazine: Go, go F/LOSS designers!, ginger coons —Lightning Talks 3:50#m —Break —Lightning Talks 4:00#m —A View from the Server Room, Ward Vandewege —Lightning Talks 4:30#m —Community Organizing for Free Software Activists, Deb Nicholson —Lightning Talks 5:10#m —Decentralized Social Web, Evan Prodromou (U02-2551 only) —:vent in room U02-2551 only Sunday Schedule 9am —Breakfast and Registration / GNU Press Store 10am —Welcome to Day Two — 7ohn Sullivan, Matt Lee, Josh +ay 10?10 —Free Software's Future Amidst the Commercial Open Source Wars? How to Turn the Patent Disaster and Compliance Issues to Our Advantage, Eben Moglen 11?00 —Creative Commons, Mike Linksvayer + Chris Webber 11?D0 —Break 11?C0 —How Emacs changed my life, Yukihiro 'matz' Matsumoto 12?@0 —Lunch and Keysigning 1:20 —Preserving user freedoms in the 21st century, Matthew Garrett 2:20 —GNOME3 and Accessibility, Karen Sandler 3:10 —GPL panel: Richard Fontana, .radley M. Kuhn, Brett Smith @?CC —Free Software Accessibility, 7onathan Nadeau 4:35 —Break D?DC —The importance of GPLv3, 7eremy Allison 5:20 —Richard Stallman, plus FSF annual awards and GNU Press Auction D LIBREPLANET 2012 Talks in detail Saturday Welcome to the conference (U02-25513 John Sullivan Matt Lee Josh Gay Join F(F e)ecutive director John Sullivan, and campaigns managers Matt Lee and Josh Gay in this introduction to LibrePlanet 2012, including essential information for the conference, last minute notices, surprise guests and more. John started working with GNU Press and the 3ree Software Foundation in 2003 and then became the 3(3's first campaigns manager, working on outreach efforts like Defective by Design, BadVista, and PlayOgg. In 2011, John became the executive director after four years as manager of operations. His background is mainly in the humanities, with an MFA in Writing and Poetics and a BA in Philosophy, but he has been spending too much time with computers and online communities since the days of the Commodore 64. He's become a dedicated GN- Emacs user after first trying it around 1996, and contributes code to several of its e)tensions. Prior to the FSF, John worked as a college debate team instructor for both Harvard and Michigan State University FSF Campaigns Update (U02-2551) Matt Lee Josh Gay Matt Lee and 7osh Gay are the two campaigns managers at the 3ree Software Foundation.