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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements CSS ruled "ineffective" in FinlandHere's a press release from Turre Legal on a recent ruling from the Helsinki District Court. In brief, the court ruled that, since the content scrambling system (CSS) mechanism used with DVDs has been to thoroughly compromised, it is no longer an "effective" protection mechanism; as a result, circumventing it is not illegal. "Defendant's counsel Mikko Välimäki thinks the judgment can have major implications: 'The conclusions of the court can be applied all over Europe since the word 'effective' comes directly from the directive'. He continues: 'A protection measure is no longer effective, when there is widely available end-user software implementing a circumvention method.'" (Thanks to Chel van Gennip).
Mozilla Foundation searching for Executive Director to replace Frank Hecker (MozillaZine)MozillaZine reports on the Mozilla Foundation's search for a new Executive Director. "The Mozilla Foundation is looking for a new Executive Director to lead and manage the organisation. The successful candidate will take over from Frank Hecker, who declared his intention to resign as Executive Director last month. At that time, Mitchell Baker, Chair of the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors, announced that recruiter Eunice Azzani has been engaged to help identify potential Executive Director candidates."
SAE Institute Sponsors Ardour Open Source DAW ProjectThe Ardour digital audio workstation project has announced a new sponsor, the SAE Institute. "SAE Institute, the leading worldwide college for audio engineering, has agreed to become a corporate sponsor of Ardour, the open source digital audio workstation project. This major sponsorship ensures continual development of Ardour as a free, community-based audio recording and production software. Ardour has previously received corporate support from Solid State Logic and Harrison, but has primarily relied on donations from the public and the dedication of creator Paul Davis".
Commercial announcements Mozilla funds Democracy PlayerThe folks at Mozilla (whether it's "Corporation" or "Foundation" is not specified) have announced the awarding of a $100,000 grant to the Participatory Culture Foundation, which is working on the development of the Democracy Player (soon to be renamed "Miro," apparently). (LWN reviewed Democracy Player last September).
Novell and the EFF team up to reform software patentsNovell, Inc. has announced that it is working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to reform software patents worldwide. "Novell and the EFF will work to lobby governments and national and international organizations to develop legislation and policies around patents designed to promote innovation. A key area of focus will be the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where member governments of the United Nations meet to coordinate positions on intellectual property issues. Given the ease with which software ideas and code cross borders, a global approach to the issue is required"
OpenLogic partners with with AshisutoOpenLogic, Inc. has announced a partnership with Japan's K.K. Ashisuto. ""OpenLogic and Ashisuto will make enterprise-grade open source management tools and support available for large Japanese enterprises using open source products," said Steven Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic. "The combination of Ashisuto's customer support experience and OpenLogic's open source software experience will empower open source users to manage and use open source software more easily while reducing risk." Under the agreement, OpenLogic will provide support to Ashisuto customers for hundreds of open source packages."
Penumbra: Overture for LinuxFrictional Games has announced the release of the game Penumbra. "Recently we moved our office to a more Arctic location and took the opptortunity to get ourselves a penguin pet. We put him through various challenging escapades, strange rituals and voila: We can proudly present the Linux version of Penumbra: Overture Episode 1. Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, created by Frictional Games and runs on the internally developed HPL-Engine. An engine that is now cross-platform, soon to be supporting the Mac OS X platform as well."
Sun and Redflag Chinese 2000 to collaborate on OpenOffice.org projectsSun Microsystems, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co., Ltd. "Sun Microsystems, Inc., the OpenOffice.org community and Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co., Ltd., today announced a joint development effort that will focus on integrating new features in the Chinese localization of OpenOffice.org, as well as quality assurance and work on the core applications. Additionally, Redflag Chinese 2000 made public its commitment to the global OpenOffice.org community stating it would strengthen its support of the development of the world's leading free and open source productivity suite."
VA Software Corporation changes name to SourceForge, Inc.VA Software Corporation has announced that it is changing its name to SourceForge, Inc. "VA Software Corporation (Nasdaq: LNUX), the online media and e-commerce leader in community-driven open source innovation, today announced it has changed its name to SourceForge, Inc. The change reflects the company's strategic focus on its network of Web properties following the disposition of its enterprise software business. The company's Nasdaq ticker symbol will remain the same."
Calls for Presentations Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 Brisbane - CFPA call for papers has gone out for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2007. The event will be held in Brisbane, Australia on November 27-29, 2007, proposals are due by June 30.
Upcoming Events 64 Studio music workshops in the UK this summerTwo 64 Studio workshops will take place in the UK this summer. "There will be 64 Studio workshops at both Debian Day (Edinburgh, 16th June, https://debconf7.debconf.org/wiki/DebianDay ) and LugRadio Live (Wolverhampton, 8th July, http://www.lugradio.org/live/2007/index.php/Main_Page )."
Akademy Tutorials, BoFs, Power and Video (KDE.News)KDE.News looks forward to Akademy 2007. "With only a month to go the schedule for Akademy 2007 is filling up. Our tutorial day has been popular enough to fill up two days covering subjects from Interview in Qt 4 to Emacs, Kopete plugins and an introduction to KDE development."
GUADEC Registration OpenRegistration for GUADEC is now open. "The GUADEC team is pleased to announce the registration is now open for GUADEC 2007 and will stay open up until the event. To register, please go to http://www.guadec.org/registration/."
KDE to be Present at LUGRadio Live 2007 (KDE.News)KDE.News reports on the KDE presence at LUGRadio Live 2007. "KDE will be exhibiting at LUGRadio Live 2007 which is back in Wolverhampton, England on July 7th and 8th. The event, now in its third year, is the largest gathering of Free Software projects in the UK. LUGRadio Live overlaps with the end of Akademy in Glasgow so you may want to stop by on your way home."
KDE to be at Linuxtag 2007 (KDE.News)KDE.News covers the KDE presence at LinuxTag 2007. "This year Germany's LinuxTag conference and exhibition takes place in in Berlin's Messe for the first time. As with previous years there will be a KDE booth, where you can meet some of the people behind KDE. Meet them and talk about the project, programs, features and, of course, about the upcoming KDE 4 platform."
Free visitor vouchers for LinuxTag, BerlinNovell is giving away 50 visitor vouchers for LinuxTag. "We can provide approx. 50 visitor vouchers which enables you to get free access to the event. If you're interested please send Florian an email. He'll than provide you with a code to activate the ticket online. This happens on first come, first serve basis."
GOTO10 @ folly Summer School of SoundThe Summer School of Sound will take place at St. Martins College, Lancaster, UK on June 27-29, 2007. "Marloes de Valk and Aymeric Mansoux will lead a three day course, exploring free and open source software available for home studio purposes such as audio and midi sequencers, sound editors and virtual effect racks, as well as the creative possibilities of puredata in an audio workstation setup. The course will also provide information on how to release and publish your work online (from encoding, to licensing and streaming). The Summer School of Sound will also include an evening performance on Thursday 28 June by GOTO10 artists de Valk and Mansoux, as well as Claude Heiland-Allen and Chun Lee."
Events: June 7, 2007 to August 6, 2007The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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