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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements FFII: What happened on March 7th regarding Software Patents?The FFII has posted a set of hard questions for the European Council on the March 7 software patent vote. "Q13: (a) If the Presidency alone cannot deny a B item request, how did a majority of the Council vote against removing the item from the agenda? (b) Article 8(1)(b) states that the outcome of voting must be 'indicated by visual means', but no such indication was seen on the public video. Did we miss it, or was no vote called?" It will be interesting to see if they get any answers.
A new way for you to contribute to Gnome (GnomeDesktop)GnomeDesktop.org is looking for new project talent. "With the release of Gnome 2.10, now is a perfect time to get involved with Gnome. You can meet new friends, learn new skills, and make Gnome rock even harder. There are many ways to get involved including several tasks that do not require coding skills. For aspiring coders, though, a new report has been created to list bugs in bugzilla that have been marked as tasks appropriate for new developers."
Thirteen companies warned of GPL non-compliance at CeBITThe gpl-violations.org project is handing out an open warning letter to thirteen vendors of commercial software and appliance products present at CeBIT who are alleged of misusing GPL licensed software. ""While the Free and Open Source community is very happy to see more and more vendors adopt Linux and other GPL-licensed software, it is of great importance that those vendors comply with the respective license conditions, just like with any other software" states Mr. [Harald] Welte. "The warning notice gives them a chance to fix their products, before someone might get them into legal troubles", he continues."
Commercial announcements EMS PostgreSQL Data Pump, DB Comparer and Extract releasedA number of new database applications for PostgreSQL have been announced. "We are pleased to announce new versions of EMS PostgreSQL Data Pump, DB Comparer and Extract. You can download the newest versions from our web-site: http://www.sqlmanager.net/. Today all of these utilities support PostgreSQL 8. They became more stable and good-looking."
Open source e-mail gateway package launchesFortress Systems Ltd. has launched an open-source email gateway package. "Earlier this month, Fortress Systems Ltd. (www.fsl.com) released SMGateway, an open source e-mail/security application. SMGateway has all of the functionality provided by MailScanner and SpamAssassin plus extensions and enhancements to provide a simple web based interface for users and administrators."
Free Software Magazine drops its pricesThe publication Free Software Magazine is now available at the reduced price of $4.95 per month.
IBM releases Linux 2005 Software Evaluation KitIBM has announced the release of their 2005 Software Evaluation Kit. "This is the easiest way to get all of the fresh releases of IBM middleware for Linux."
Infrae and Nuxeo join forces and cooperate on Zope 3 technologiesInfrae and Nuxeo are partnering to work on application technologies for the Zope 3 web content management system. "Through this cooperation, with our expertise in content management, internet communication, semantic web, user interfaces, content repositories, and XML technologies, we intend to advance the state of the art for our software and our customers, as well as the broader development community."
Novell ZENWorks 7 Linux ManagementAnother of Novell's CeBIT announcements is the introduction of Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management, an integrated management system for centralized control of Linux desktops and servers. The management capabilities of ZENworks 7 Linux Management are integrated with Novell Linux Desktop and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (part of Novell Open Enterprise Server).
Novell and IBM Team to Accelerate Application Development on LinuxNovell and IBM have announced an initiative to help ISVs accelerate the development and certification of new applications for Novell's SUSE LINUX on IBM eServer and middleware platforms.
Red Hat Announces Fourth Quarter and FY2005 Conference CallRed Hat, Inc. has announced that it will be holding its Fourth Quarter and FY2005 Earnings Conference Call on March 31, 2005.
SugarCRM Launches SugarForge.orgSugarCRM Inc. has announced the new SugarForge.org site. "SugarCRM Inc. is proud to announce the establishment of SugarForge.org, the premiere destination for community collaboration on Sugar Suite extensions, modules, language packs and themes."
Wing IDE 2.0.2 releasedVersion 2.0.2 of Wing IDE, a commercial interactive development environment for Python, is available. "This release adds easier-to-use Zope/Plone integration, extension of the IDE with Python scripts, CVS integration, code templates / snippets, expanded text encoding support, speed optimizations, and more than 70 other improvements."
New Books Lessig's "Code" as a collaborative update projectJotSpot ("the first application wiki company") has announced that it will be hosting a collaborative project to update Lawrence Lessig's classic Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. The book has been posted on a wiki-like system, and updates are being solicited from the community; the result will be published as a printed edition later this year.
'Firefox and Thunderbird Garage' Hits Book Stores in April (MozillaZine)MozillaZine has an announcement for a new book by Marcia Knous. "The 304 page book, titled Firefox and Thunderbird Garage, will be published by Prentice Hall PTR on Friday 15th April. As well as acting as a manual for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail and newsgroups client, the thirteen chapter book will also introduce the concept of open source development."
"IPv6 Network Administration" Released by O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book IPv6 Network Administration by Niall Richard Murphy and David Malone.
Resources Acrobat Reader 7.0 for LinuxVersion 7.0 of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a pdf file viewer, was announced in January. The software is now available in tar and rpm formats here. Thanks to Jens Stavnstrup.
Contests and Awards IBM Launches 2nd Open Source Devel ContestIBM has announced the Linux on POWER Open Source Developer Contest starting March 15, 2005 with entries due by July 15, 2005.
Upcoming Events Desktop Developer's Conference, July 17-19, OttawaProposals may be submitted for the next desktop developer's conference meeting in Ottawa. The event will be held on July 17-19, 2005.
FOSE 2005, Washington D.C.PostNewsweek Tech Media has announced the FOSE 2005 exposition. The event will be held from April 5-7 at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. "The Linux Solutions Government program at FOSE 2005 will consist of a dedicated demonstration area, the Linux Pavilion & Theater on the tradeshow floor; a robust one-day Linux Solutions Government Conference in the Linux Pavilion Theater; and as a pre-cursor to FOSE, the Linux Solutions Government Guide in the April issue of Linux Magazine."
GUADEC 6 Announces Speakers for Stuttgart (GnomeDesktop)The sixth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) has been announced. The event will take place in Stuttgart, Germany on May 29-31, 2005. "The high-level conference has lined up a roster of industry-leading analysts, developers and thought leaders, as well as top government and business IT officials. The conference is a unique forum for highlighting the capabilities and direction of GNOME, the user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet devices. GUADEC will also feature meaningful discussions of the future direction of open source projects, including the Open Office suite."
PyCon 2005 - Keynote Speech from Google InsiderPyCon 2005 will be held in Washington DC on March 23-25, 2005. "The organizers of PyCon 2005 have announced that Greg Stein, an engineering manager at Google working with the Blogger team, will be giving a keynote presentation on Google's use of Python for internal projects."
O'Reilly Launches the 2005 O'Reilly Where 2.0 ConferenceThe 2005 O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference will be held on June 29 and 30, 2005 in San Francisco, California. "Location-aware technologies like GPS, RFID, WLAN, cellular networks and networked sensors are enabling an ever-growing array of capabilities, from local search, mapping, and business analytics to enterprise integration, commercial applications, and software infrastructure. The first O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference has been created to explore the emerging consumer and enterprise ecosystems around location technologies--ecosystems that can radically change the way we work and play."
UKUUG Linux 2005 - Swansea - Call for PapersA Call for Papers has gone out for the UKUUG Linux 2005 event. "This summer's UKUUG Linux conference will be held in Swansea with tutorials all day Thursday 4th August and the conference all day Friday 5th and ending lunchtime on Sunday 7th." Abstracts are due by March 25.
Events: March 17 - May 12, 2005
Miscellaneous Linux Medical News Stuff (LinuxMedNews)LinuxMedNews is offering various items with their logo attached. "You can FINALLY buy cheesy Linux Medical News stuff (shirts, hats, buttons, mugs, etc.) at the Linux Medical News FOSS store!"
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