From 90062bbd9221687f8039a65ef636ec401ede0e44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mlncn Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:45:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Start filling in --- .../abstract.md | 27 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/free-software-and-cooperative-platforms/abstract.md b/free-software-and-cooperative-platforms/abstract.md index 53b2d67..d98ab4c 100644 --- a/free-software-and-cooperative-platforms/abstract.md +++ b/free-software-and-cooperative-platforms/abstract.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # We're Better Together: Why Free Software needs cooperative hosting +Free Software, in part, begins with the premise that those who are most affected by something should have control over it. It is not someone else's computer if we own it collectively. This isn't far from the early days of Free Software, when computing power was a shared resource. + To reach its liberatory potential, the Free Software movement needs LibreSaaS and an embrace of cooperative principles. Free Software has always been first and foremost about an ethical imperative: to respect the freedom of people using the software and the right of all people to learn from the shared knowledge embedded in software. @@ -12,29 +14,36 @@ The bigger part is living up to such a new name by empracing the need to expand -Existing Contact: +Existing Contact: ben@agaric.coop Session information -Session type +Session type: presentation Session Title A brief summary (This description will be printed on the Web site and in the program. Please aim for a maximum of 150 words.) + Abstract (This is a more elaborate explanation than the summary for the committee to understand your proposal. Please limit this to 300 words.) + + + Biography (Please keep this around 100 words.) -Please supply us with a photo of yourself for our Web site. + +Please supply us with a photo of yourself for our Web site. [Attached] + Please list previous presentations you've given. Feel free to include links. -In person or remote -If you have photos for other speakers to upload, use this field. + + + +In person or remote: either + Speaker release -Speaker release * - Yes (GNU Free Documentation License v 1.3 or any later version) Yes (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0) - Yes (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0) + This is a speaker release form, giving permission to the FSF to stream, record, and post a video of your session online. By checking one or more of the above boxes, I agree to the terms of the LibrePlanet Speaker Release. Safe Space Policy I have read the safe space policy and agree to follow it. -[yes] [no] +yes