From 5dfce5cb8a61d228c7cca09eba53345e8a3b3fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Smith Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:29:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] program: CfP page. --- .../program/call_for_proposals.html | 18 ++++++++ .../program/call_for_proposals.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.html create mode 100644 pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.md diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.html b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cb62e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.html @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +{% extends "page_with_title_and_lede.html" %} + +{% load i18n %} +{% load markdown_deux_tags %} + +{% block head_title %}Call for Proposals{% endblock %} + +{% block heading %}Call for Proposals{% endblock %} + +{% block body_class %}program{% endblock %} + +{% block content %} + {% markdown %} + +{% include "static_pages/program/call_for_proposals.md" %} + + {% endmarkdown %} +{% endblock %} 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 0000000..910827c --- /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.