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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the iPlayerThe Free Software Foundation's Defective by Design campaign has targeted the the BBC iPlayer. "Two weeks after the BBC officially launched the iPlayer, protesters wearing bright yellow Hazmat suits gathered outside BBC Television Center in London and BBC headquarters in Manchester to demand that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) be eliminated from the BBC."
EFF: Appeals Court Battle Over NSA Surveillance on August 15The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent out a press release concerning a court battle over surveillance by the US National Security Agency. "In the wake of Congress approving a dramatic expansion of U.S. warrantless wiretapping powers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the future of two critical lawsuits over illegal surveillance of Americans. The hearing is set for August 15, at 2 p.m. in San Francisco. The government is fighting to get the cases thrown out of court, contending that the litigation jeopardizes state secrets."
Commercial announcements FiveRuns releases free, multi-platform Rails stackFiveRuns has announced the launch of RM-Install, a free, multi-platform Rails stack. "RM-Install is the second component available from the FiveRuns Enterprise Management Suite for Rails, designed to manage the full Rails application lifecycle."
Two Microsoft licenses submitted for OSI approvalMicrosoft has, as promised, requested Open Source Initiative approval for its Microsoft Community License and Microsoft Permissive License. The initial responses on the mailing list are generally positive.
Next generation multimedia architecture now available from Motama for free (Motama GmbH)Motama has announced its next-generation multimedia architecture. "Motama's key technology provides a ground-breaking new software solution - called Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM) - which allows for developing distributed and networked multimedia applications easily. For the first time, Motama now offers a greatly improved and extended version of its NMM technology as free download".
Novell launches ZENworks Configuration ManagementNovell, Inc. has announced the availability of Novell(R) ZENworks(R) Configuration Management to its systems management portfolio. "This flexible, easy-to-use solution for configuration management allows companies to add patch, asset and endpoint security management capabilities to meet the specific needs of their IT environments. As a result, companies can centrally manage their IT resources to meet compliance and auditing needs, ease costs, improve security, and streamline business processes."
Oracle announces general availability of Oracle(R) Database 11gOracle Corporation has announced Oracle(R) Database 11g for Linux. "Oracle Database 11g delivers the next-generation of enterprise information management, helping customers tackle the demands of rapid data growth, changing environments, and the need to deliver higher quality of services while reducing and controlling IT costs."
Sun releases new license for Java Compatibility Tests to the OpenJDK communitySun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the OpenJDK(TM) Community Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) License. "With this release, Sun is placing the means for certifying "Write Once, Run Anywhere(TM)" compatibility into the hands of the community. This license is for the Java(TM) Compatibility Kit (JCK). The JCK is the Technology Compatibility Kit, a suite of tests, tools and documentation that determines whether or not an implementation complies with the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 specification."
Resources Second and final AGPL draft releasedThe second and final discussion draft of the Affero GPL version 3 has been released. "The GNU Affero GPL version 3 consists of the text of GPLv3, slightly adapted for the new name, and an additional paragraph in section 13 that requires people who modify the software to publicly provide source when users interact with the software over a network." The changes this time around are mostly tweaks to that additional paragraph. People who are interested in this license should speak now; more information is available at the AGPL second draft guide page.
FSFE NewsletterThe August 9, 2007 edition of the FSFE Newsletter is online with the latest Free Software Foundation Europe news. Topics include: Mythbusting MS-OOXML, First Swedish Fellowship meeting held in Gothenburg, Free Software on Exit festival 2007, Novi Sad, Serbia, Freedom in the hills: the Bergtagung, GNU GPL licence confirmed once again in a court of law, Submit Free Software projects to the Trophées du Libre, Ongoing work of spreading GNU GPLv3 understanding and Tell a friend about the Fellowship, share this newsletter.
The Linux Platform Weather ForecastFor a little while now, LWN editor Jonathan Corbet has been working with the Linux Foundation to maintain a page called the Linux Platform Weather Forecast. The idea is to summarize developments in (mostly, but not limited to) the Linux kernel area so that interested parties can get a sense for what is coming. The Linux Foundation has gotten around to announcing the existence of this page, leading to a number of articles (1, 2...). LWN readers, of course, will not be surprised by much that is found there.
Surveys Vote in the 2007 Desktop Linux Survey (Linux-Watch)Linux-Watch has announced the voting for the 2007 Desktop Linux Survey. "DesktopLinux.com launched its 2007 Desktop Linux Survey on August 13, asking users of Linux desktops to identify what distributions they use, as well as their choice of windowing environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), web browsers, email clients, and Windows-on-Linux solutions."
Event Reports The Ninth Annual OSCONO'Reilly has sent out a press release for the recently held Ninth Annual Open Source Convention (OSCON). "The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), held July 23-27 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon brought together over 3,000 industry luminaries, developers, hackers, and business people to advance the discussion and share information surrounding open source computing. The conference covered every area of the open source arena: Administration, Business, Databases, Emerging Topics, Java, Linux, People, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python, Ruby, Security, and Web Applications. A "united nations" of computing languages, attendees at OSCON were not only speaking in multiple technical languages, they were finding unique solutions to integrating tools seamlessly."
Calls for Presentations The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference expands it's scopeO'Reilly has announced the 2008 Emerging Technology Conference. The event will be held in San Diego, CA on March 3-6, 2008. "Program Chair Brady Forrest is formulating an even more comprehensive program for 2008: "We are going to be expanding the scope of ETech," notes Forrest, " looking beyond the Web to manufacturing, biotech, large-scale systems, sensor networks, alternate reality games, visualizations, robotics, policy, human enhancement and clean tech.""
Upcoming Events Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CAThe Linux Users' Group of Davis will be holding its next Linux Installfest workshop in Davis, CA on Saturday, August 18th, 2007.
Summercon 2007, AtlantaSummercon 2007 will be held from August 24-26 at the Wyndham Midtown Hotel in Atlanta, GA. "Summercon is our chance to get together, talk to each other face-to-face, and swap information about innovations, trends, practices, and rumors in the field of computer security. We welcome all walks of life and all sides of the debate to Summercon: hackers, crackers, script kiddies, w4r3z dud3z, feds, narcs, cops, concerned parents, hangers-on, strippers, media whores, Geraldo Rivera, and Kevin Mitnick."
Fall Von Conference and Expo, BostonPulvermedia has announced the eleventh annual Fall VON Conference & Expo. The event will be held in Boston, MA on October 29 - November 1, 2007. "This year, Pulvermedia's flagship event, which is the largest, longest- running, and most significant event in the IP communications industry, will feature several new adjoining conferences, and multiple new events and pavilions on the expo floor. As a result, a record number of attendees, participating companies and speakers are expected to take part throughout the four-day event."
Events: August 23, 2007 to October 22, 2007The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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