• [$] FOSDEM keynote causes concerns

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Tue Jan 28 17:30:08 2025
    [$] FOSDEM keynote causes concerns

    Date:
    Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:28:07 +0000

    Description:
    This year's edition of the Free and Open
    Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) begins on
    February1 in Brussels. The event is widely regarded as one of
    the most important open-source conferences. One of the reasons that
    FOSDEM is held in high esteem by the community is its non-commercial
    nature. It does accept sponsors , but
    sponsorships come with few perks and no "pay-for-play" speaking
    slots. Thus, the scheduling of a keynote by Jack
    Dorseyprimarily known for his role in co-founding Twitter, and
    currently CEO and chairman of FOSDEM sponsor Block,Inc. raised eyebrows and led to plans for a protest. The
    keynote has since been removed from the schedule, but there are still
    a number of lingering questions.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1006351/


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