LibrePlanet (literally, "Free Planet") is a community project created and supported by the

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. Its objective is the promotion of

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around the world by bringing every year an international conference to local communities and organizations.

History

The project was born in 2006, at a gathering of members associated with the Foundation and the will to organize into geographical groups. The

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serves as the primary portal for people who want to become involved in free software activism in local,

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modes of cooperation.

LibrePlanet conference

The conference is organized annually by the

in or around Boston, Massachusetts and staffed by a mixture of foundation staff and community volunteers. The conference replaces and incorporates the FSF Annual Members Meeting (AMM) which ran around the same time each year. Each conference has its own theme and a website. The event typically includes a speech from FSF president,

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and FSF executive director John Sullivan, the Free Software awards well as members of the wider free software community and the Free Software awards ceremony

Notable events

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spoke at the convention in 2016. * LibrePlanet 2020 13-15 March: In-person components were canceled due to the ongoing

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outbreak. Instead a virtual conference and livestream was held. *

announced he would be rejoining the FSF board of directors at the 2021 conference.

References

External links

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History

LibrePlanet conference

Notable events

See also

References

External links