<html><head></head><body><div>Hi all, </div><div>In case you missed it, our most excellent Executive Director, Karen Sandler and FSF Campaigns Manager, Molly de Blanc presented together at DebConf in Taiwan earlier this month on what *really* constitutes a software freedom issue. Turns out that lots of things are affected by the absence or presence of software freedom including; many serious topics like depression treatments, automated devices in our homes, public transportation, domestic violence and government data. There were also some very funny moments, but I won't spoil <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/talks/38-thats-a-free-software-issue/">the video</a> for you.</div><div><br></div><div>This year is the first time this critical event has <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">taken place in Asia</a>. Over 300 free software enthusiasts attended talks, squashed bugs and discussed critical issues like reproducible builds, what contributing is like around the world and how to increase diversity in free software projects. Both Karen and Molly have been to DebConf multiple times and highly recommend this event.</div><div><br></div><div>You can catch Karen next in New York in early October where she'll be <a href="https://2018.pygotham.org/2018/06/27/karen-m-sandler-keynote/">keynoting PyGotham</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Molly's next public appearance is at the end of the month in Vancouver where she'll be <a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit-north-america-2018/program/schedule/">participating in a panel</a> that will be discussing ways to use metrics to help create common understanding around diversity and inclusion goals.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for supporting our work!</div><div>Best, </div><div>Deb</div><div><br></div><div><span><pre>--
Deb Nicholson <deb@sfconservancy.org>
Software Freedom Conservancy</pre></span></div></body></html>