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<h1>Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit 2012</h1>
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<a href="http://www.fscons.org/">FSCONS</a> is the largest gathering for
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free culture, Free Software and a free society in the Nordic countries. Held
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in Göteborg, this year it will take place the 9-11th November.An unparalleled
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mix of international speakers will convene to discuss the
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process of liberating society with the principles of Free Software. FSFE
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will host one track there about "General Purpose Computing". </p>
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As in previous years, the FSFE will be hosting its own track at FSCONS. Our five talks form
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a series entitled 'General Purpose Computing', and will end with a panel discussion
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moderated by Karsten Gerloff, the President of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
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Computers and - more and more - portable devices are universal machines,
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that - in theory - you can program to do whatever you want. But several IT companies
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have another understanding of computing and sell their hardware with anti-features
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or user-restrictions to actively prevent users from doing whatever they want. These
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(re-)sellers want to arbitrarily limit what we as a society can do with general
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purpose computing machines.
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They use for example <a href="http://drm.info/">Digital Restrictions Management</a>
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and technical measures, to take away rights from us, which we usually received when
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we buy a product. This industry wants to decide what we can do with computers, so
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they can maximise their profits. But the biggest price is the threat to users freedom
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as well as to Free Software in a whole.
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This years talks that will be given in the "General Purpose Computing" track by
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the FSFE, will focus on this ongoing and increasing process of users restrictions.
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They concentrate on current trends and what we are in need of to stop them.
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<h2>Talks</h2>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/endangered-species-computer/">An endangered species: computer as a universal machine. Saturday, 10 November at 10:00</a></strong></li>
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<p> Computers are universal machines, which you can program to do whatever you want.
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Matthias Kirschner's speech will focus on how several IT companies, seeking to maximise
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their profits, are trying to limit our technological rights. </p>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/all-about-free-your-android/">All about Free Your Android. Saturday, 10 November at 11:00</a></strong></li>
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<p> Erik Albers will explain how to regain control of your Android device and your data.
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He will talk about the different ways to make phone liberation effortless and also,
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his speech will give you an insight of the current FSFE Free Your Android Campaign.</p>
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<li><strong>- <a href= "https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/how-software-patents-are-delaying-future/">How software patents are delaying the future. Saturday, 10 November at 12:00</a></strong></li>
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<p> Karsten Gerloff, FSFE President, will give a talk about the problem of
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patents in software and in a free market as they are a barrier to entry for newcomers.
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Therefore, they act as a tax on users and avoid the development of new technologies.</p>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/terms-services-didnt-read/">Terms of Services; Didn't Read!. Sunday, 11 November at 10:00</a></strong></li>
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<p> Hugo Roy speech will focus on the complexity of Terms of Services and the importance
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of understanding them. He will present the project Terms of Service; Didn't Read (ToS;DR) as an
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easy way to understand all the legal details. </p>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/fixing-public-procurement-how-well-stop-european-g//">Fixing public procurement: how we'll stop European governments from renewing their Microsoft licences. Sunday, 11 November at 11:00</a></strong></li>
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<p> Otto Kekäläinen, FSFE Finnish team coordinator, will explain how it is possible to
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fix discriminatory free competition in the public IT sector. His talk will focus
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on the efforts made at public administrations in Finnland and how
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this should be done in other European countries. </p>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/theydontwantyouto/">TheyDontWantYou.To. Sunday, 11 November at 16:15</a></strong></li>
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<p> TheyDontWantYou.To is a brand new campaign that attempts to make freedom interesting
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to young people. Sam Tuke talk will get people talking about everyday experiences and
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the importance of participation in digital activism. </p>
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<li><strong>- <a href="https://fscons.org/2012/schedule/session/fixing-public-procurement-how-well-stop-european-g//">Dirty tactics against LibreOffice in public administration and how to overcome them. Sunday, 11 November at 16:15</a></strong></li>
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<p> Helsinki city council and other Finnish cities moved towards LibreOffice
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in the last years. But the process has been dealing with dirty tactics against
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LibreOffice. Otto Kekäläinen speech will focus on how to overcome them. </p>
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<h2>Workshops</h2>
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FSFE will host a Free Your Android workshop at FSCONS on November, 9th at 13:
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Android is a mostly free operating system mainly developed by Google. Unfortunately,
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the drivers for most devices and most applications from the "market" are not free
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as in Free Software. They frequently work against the interest of the users, spy
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on them and sometimes can not even be removed.
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Therefore, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) launched its <a href="http://freeyourandroid.org">FreeYourAndroid</a>
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campaign, to help users to regain full control of their device and their data.
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This workshop helps you in setting up an alternative Android-based free operating
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system. You will no longer be in need of a Google account and you get to know
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F-Droid, a Free Software App repository, instead.
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<h2>Free Software Booth</h2>
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FSFE's Free Software Booth will be located at the entrance of the FSCONS
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conference building. As well as the opportunity to join the
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">FSFE Fellowship</a> and buy books and Free
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Software hoodies, you'll also be able to meet FSFE staff and get answers to questions
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about all aspects of Free Software and what the organisation does.
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FSFE warmly welcomes you to come and visit the booth.
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