LibrePlanet2010/Speaker guidelines

We've put together this list of guidelines for speakers for both our events, but also as a basis for other people running free software events.

• Be mindful of the power of words and the importance of framing the issues being discussed and worked on in the best possible terms -- this is a free software conference, not an open source conference.
• Presenters should, where possible, deliver any slides in advance using OpenDocument presentation format.
  • Any slides which cannot be sent in advance should be presented using a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux.
• Below is a list of confusing or loaded words, as well as phrases to avoid or use with care

• • "BSD-style"
  • "Closed"
  • "Cloud Computing"
  • "Commercial"
  • “Compensation”
  • “Consumer”
  • “Content”
  • “Creator”
  • “Digital Goods”
  • “Ecosystem”
  • “For free”
  • “Freely available”
  • “Freeware”
  • “Give away software”
  • Hacker
  • “Intellectual property”
  • “LAMP system”
  • Linux system
  • “Market”
  • “MP3 player”
  • “Open”
  • “PC”
  • “Photoshop”
  • “Piracy”
  • “PowerPoint”
  • “Protection”
  • “RAND (reasonable and nondiscriminatory)”
  • “Sell software”
  • “Software Industry”
  • “Theft”
  • “Trusted Computing”
  • “Vendor”