Karen M. Sandler
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- FOSDEM2 editions2021–2022
- linux.conf.au2 editions2020–2021
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- Sarah Novotny30 talks
- Mark Gisi7 talks
- Matthew Garrett17 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The Heart of Our Software | SFSCON 2025 | 2025-11-07 |
An implanted pacemaker‑defibrillator runs proprietary firmware with no source review, and in one case repeatedly delivers unnecessary shocks during pregnancy… | ||
| Ethics and software freedom | SFSCON 2025 | 2025-11-07 |
Argues that software freedom wins ethics when policy and tools align: licenses remain pure so no ethical clauses in OSI/FSF-approved licenses, communities… | ||
| The Foundation of Open Source: Why Software Freedom? | PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2025 | 2025-10-21 |
Medical implants and infrastructure run on proprietary code that users cannot audit, modify or repair, and one defibrillator repeatedly shocks a pregnant… | ||
| Panel: Hot Topics | FOSDEM 2022 | 2022-02-05 |
Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom discuss the issues of the day
The organizers of the Legal and Policy DevRoom for FOSDEM 2022 discuss together the… | ||
| Software and Hardware Freedom in Health Public Policy | FOSDEM 2021 | 2021-02-06 |
A Panel about Health Public Policy related to Software and Hardware
Software and Hardware Freedom in Health Public Policy
On this panel, we will discuss the… | ||
| PANEL: Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom | FOSDEM 2021 | 2021-02-06 |
Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom discuss the issues of the day
The organizers of the Legal and Policy DevRoom for FOSDEM 2021 discuss together the… | ||
| Ten Years of Outreachy! | linux.conf.au 2021 | 2021-01-23 |
Outreachy celebrates ten years of remote paid internships running twice a year, has placed over 750 interns with a >90% internship completion rate, and reports… | ||
| Open Source Won, but Software Freedom Hasn't Yet: A Guide & Commiseration Session for FOSS activists | linux.conf.au 2020 | 2020-01-13 |
Open source code keeps growing but everyday software freedom shrinks: since about 2006 utopia the web installs proprietary JavaScript on every visit, modern… | ||
| Keynote - Cyborgs Unite! | !!Con 2017 | 2017-05-06 |
Reveals that implanted cardiac devices run closed, vulnerable software, often broadcasting telemetry with no encryption no password protection, and gives… | ||
| Selenium And The Software Freedom Conservancy | SeleniumConf Austin 2017 | 2017-04-04 |
Software Freedom Conservancy acts as Selenium’s legal and financial home, holding trademarks, running contributor CLAs, signing vendor contracts, and funneling… | ||
| keynote – Karen Sandler | Nextcloud Conference 2016 | 2016-09-16 |
A nonprofit hosts 40 projects and runs Outreachy internships to widen contributor demographics; a personal case about an implanted defibrillator with… | ||
| Bringing More Women to Free and Open Source Software | Collaboration Summit 2013 | 2013-04-15 |
GNOME runs an Outreach Program for Women that expands to other projects and now places interns at 10+ organizations, funding 25 interns in one cycle and paying… | ||
| Panel: GPLV3, Tivoization, and Automotive Linux | Collaboration Summit 2013 | 2013-04-15 |
Discussion centers on whether GPLv3’s anti-tivoization (section 6) actually covers cars by calling ordinary consumer vehicles a user product under… | ||
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