diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.md b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..910827cec197178de2ca4d1468145395a84811e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Who: Participants who care about copyleft — from developers, strategists, enforcement organizations, lawyers, scholars and critics — will gather for an in-depth, high bandwidth, and expert-level discussion about the day-to-day details of using copyleft licensing, obstacles facing copyleft (and all FOSS licensing) and the future of copyleft as a strategy to advance and defend software freedom for users and developers around the world. + +The event will provide a friendly and safe place for discussion of copyleft as a key strategy for defending +software freedom. All are welcomed and no invitation or membership to any group is required to attend! +People of all genders, people of color, and those from groups that are under-indexed in free software are heartily encouraged to submit a proposal. + +**We are looking for 25 minute talks.** The time is short to maximize communication from many parties and inspire later discussion. You can either choose to speak for 20 minutes and allow 5 minutes of Q&A or speak for 25 minutes with no Q&A. + +**We are also looking for discussion leaders to introduce a topic and facilitate a 60 minute discussion.** +We want people to submit discussions in groups or pairs. We are especailly intersted in topics lead by +people from different organizations who can bring different perspectives. Discussions will hopefully +result in actionable ideas or practical solutions around better use and increased adoption of +copylefted software. Discussion leaders will spend 5-10 minutes introducing their topics, either suggest +or encourage participants to suggest a format for discussion and then spend 5-10 minutes recapping +the conversation and recording actionable advice to share after the conversation is over. + +We anticipate that this event will focus on software, but we may consider proposals related to other fields using copyleft. + +Here are some example topics, but any topic that relates to copyleft is welcome: + +* Governance concerns for large copyleft projects +* Social and/or technical compliance strategies +* How copyleft fits in with other efforts to build ethical technology +* Is it possible or desirable to include ethical considerations beyond software freedom into FOSS licenses? +* Copyleft and enforcement in different jurisdictions +* Affero GPL and other copyleft considerations in the era of network-based service software +* Publicly funded copyleft; i.e. municipal, library, public school or government +* License compatibility, what's new, what's old, and what challenges remain? +* Copyleft abuse, how should the community respond? +* The (general) future of copyleft + +## How to get help with your proposal + +Email + +Visit #conservancy on freenode.net + +## Dates + +October 10th -- CFP opens! + +October 31st, midnight AOE -- CFP closes. + +Mid-November -- we will contact submitters about acceptances and refusals.