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[$] FOSDEM keynote causes concerns
This year's edition of the <a href="https://fosdem.org/"; rel="nofollow">Free and Open
Source Software Developers' European Meeting</a> (FOSDEM) begins on
February 1 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 https://fosdem.org/2025/about/sponsors/
, but
sponsorships come with few perks and no "pay-for-play" speaking
slots. Thus, the scheduling of a keynote by Jack
Dorsey—primarily known for his role in co-founding Twitter, and
currently CEO and chairman of FOSDEM sponsor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%2C_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.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1006351/
This year's edition of the <a href="https://fosdem.org/"; rel="nofollow">Free and Open
Source Software Developers' European Meeting</a> (FOSDEM) begins on
February 1 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 https://fosdem.org/2025/about/sponsors/
, but
sponsorships come with few perks and no "pay-for-play" speaking
slots. Thus, the scheduling of a keynote by Jack
Dorsey—primarily known for his role in co-founding Twitter, and
currently CEO and chairman of FOSDEM sponsor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%2C_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.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1006351/