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Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
SFLC files first U.S. GPL violation lawsuit
The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a GPL violation lawsuit. "The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announced that it has filed the first ever U.S. copyright infringement lawsuit based on a violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) on behalf of its clients, two principal developers of BusyBox, against Monsoon Multimedia, Inc. BusyBox is a lightweight set of standard Unix utilities commonly used in embedded systems and is open source software licensed under GPL version 2."
Monsoon Multimedia gives in on GPL
Monsoon Multimedia, which was just the subject of a GPL-violation complaint from the Busybox project, has announced its intent to comply with the requirements of the Busybox license. "Monsoon is in settlement negotiations with BusyBox to resolve the matter and intends to fully comply with all open-source software license requirements. Monsoon will make modified BusyBox source code publicly available on the company web-site at http://www.myhava.com in the coming weeks."
Commercial announcements
Autodesk releases coordinate system software
Autodesk, Inc. has announced plans to release some coordinate system and map projection technology under an open-source license. "The software, acquired from Mentor Software and its founder Norm Olsen, will help users to more easily support geographic coordinate conversions and allow accurate and precise geospatial analysis. The announcement was made today at the annual Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where geospatial open source developers and users join to learn, present and network."
Holonyx launches reseller partner program for Linux support
Holonyx Inc. has announced its Partner Program to provide Linux support and open source software support to Value Added Resellers and System Integrators. This program will allow Holonyx Partners to expand the technology solutions they offer to their customers by implementing fully supported open source solutions in their customer accounts.
OLPC starts "Give 1 Get 1" program
The One Laptop Per Child project is starting a new program for people interested in getting the XO laptop for their children. The Give 1 Get 1 promotion, starting November 12, allows people to buy an XO for someone they know while sending one to a student in a developing country, all for $399. "While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have little resources to devote to education – sometimes less than $20 a year per child. Imagine the potential that could be unlocked by giving every child in the world the tools they need to learn, no matter who they are, no matter where they live, no matter how little they may have. "
OpenLogic launches OpenLogic Exchange
OpenLogic, Inc. has announced the launch of the OpenLogic Exchange web site. "OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced the launch of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) -- a free web site where companies can find, research, and download certified, enterprise-ready open source packages."
Purple Labs raises $14.5 million of venture capital
Purple Labs, a supplier of embedded Linux solutions for the wireless industry, has announced that it secured $14.5 Million in an initial round of venture capital funding.
Qumranet de-cloaks
Qumranet, the company behind the KVM virtualization subsystem which quickly found its way into the mainline kernel last year, has finally unveiled its business plans. The press release is available in PDF format. "Solid ICE enables enterprises to host desktops in KVM virtual machines on servers in the corporate data center, and allows users to connect to them via a remote protocol called SPICE. The benefits for IT include centralized provisioning, management, policy enforcement and compliance for desktops. In addition, due to the KVM and SPICE combination, Solid ICE delivers a superior end-user experience, especially with respect to graphics and multimedia."
SiteScape unifies workspaces and workflow
SiteScape, Inc. has announced that its ICEcoreT Open Source project and ICEcoreT Enterprise collaboration software suite will be available starting October 20, 2007. ICEcore is a fully integrated Open Source collaboration suite, licensed under the OSI-certified Common Public Attribution License (CPAL).
New Books
The Essential Blender--New from No Starch Press
No Starch Press has published the book The Essential Blender by members of the Blender community.
Fonts and Encodings--New from O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly has published the book Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous, translated by P. Scott Horne.
Education and Certification
LPI offers discounted exams at Ohio LinuxFest
The Linux Professional Institute will be offering discounted LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and Ubuntu Certified Professional exams at the Ohio LinuxFest 2007 in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, September 30, 2007.
Event Reports
RailsConf Europe gathers Rails enthusiasts
O'Reilly has sent out an event report for RailsConf Europe. "RailsConf Europe, which took place 17-19 September, was a global melting pot for Rails developers, industry luminaries, Ruby hackers, web-based entrepreneurs, and IT managers. The conference brought attendees from as far away as Peru, Iceland, and South Africa, giving further evidence that Ruby on Rails is truly a global movement. Held over three days at the Maritim Pro Arte Hotel in Berlin, the conference was co-presented by Ruby Central, Inc. and O'Reilly Media, Inc. "
Calls for Presentations
FOSS.IN Call for Participation announced
FOSS.IN, the Free and Open Source software conference in India has put out their Call for Participation. This is the seventh FOSS.IN and will be held in Bangalore December 4-8, 2007. The conference starts with two "Project Days" dedicated to individual free software projects, followed by three days of the main conference. "The main objective of FOSS.IN is to promote involvement in FOSS projects, so presentations about actual contribution to FOSS projects would be of primary importance."
LCA 2008 Virtualisation Miniconf CFP
A call for presentations has gone out for the LCA 2008 Virtualisation Miniconf. The event takes place on January 28, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia, submissions are due by October 7.
Upcoming Events
Tim O'Reilly to Keynote Graphing Social Patterns
Tim O'Reilly will present a keynote at Graphing Social Patterns, the event will be held on October 7-9, 2007 in San Jose, California. "Chaired and produced by Dave McClure, Graphing Social Patterns is the premier conference covering Facebook business and technology issues. and related social networking platforms."
Events: October 4, 2007 to December 3, 2007
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| October 3 October 5 |
Apache Cocoon Get Together | Rome, Italy |
| October 6 October 7 |
Wineconf 2007 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| October 6 October 8 |
GNOME Boston Summit | Boston, MA, USA |
| October 7 October 9 |
Graphing Social Patterns | San Jose, CA, USA |
| October 8 October 10 |
VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Developer Conference | Santa Clara, USA |
| October 8 | Embedded Linux Bootcamp for Beginners | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| October 9 October 10 |
Profoss | Brussels, Belgium |
| October 10 October 12 |
Plone Conference 2007 | Naples, Italy |
| October 12 | Legal Summit for Software Freedom | New York, NY, USA |
| October 13 October 14 |
T-DOSE 2007 (Technical Dutch Open Source Event) | Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| October 13 | The Ontario Linux Fest Conference | Toronto, Canada |
| October 13 | Aka Linux Kernel Developer Conference | Beijing, China |
| October 16 | Databases and the Web | London, England |
| October 17 October 19 |
2007 WebGUI Users Conference | Madison, WI, USA |
| October 17 October 19 |
Web 2.0 Summit | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| October 18 October 20 |
HackLu 2007 | Kirchberg, Luxembourg |
| October 19 October 21 |
ToorCon 9 | San Diego, CA, USA |
| October 20 October 21 |
Ubucon.de | Krefeld (Köln), Germany |
| October 20 | PostgreSQL Conference Fall 2007 | Portland, OR, USA |
| October 20 | ./freedom & opensource day - PERU | Lima, PERU |
| October 21 October 25 |
OOPSLA 2007 | Montreal, Canada |
| October 21 October 26 |
Colorado Software Summit | Keystone, CO, USA |
| October 22 October 26 |
OpenGL Bootcamp with Rocco Bowling | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| October 22 October 23 |
She's Geeky - A Women's Tech (un)Conference | Mountain View, CA, USA |
| October 23 October 25 |
Open aLANtejo 07 - CNSL07 | Évora, Portugal |
| October 23 October 26 |
Black Hat Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| October 25 October 26 |
FSOSS 2007 - Free Software and Open Source Symposium | Toronto, Canada |
| October 27 October 28 |
FOSSCamp 2007 | Cambridge, MA, USA |
| October 27 | Linux Day Italy | many cities around country, Italy |
| October 28 November 2 |
Ubuntu Developer Summit | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| October 29 | 3rd International Workshop on Storage Security and Survivability | Alexandria, VA, USA |
| October 29 November 1 |
Fall VON Conference and Expo | Boston, MA, USA |
| October 30 October 31 |
BCS'07 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| October 31 November 1 |
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| November 1 November 2 |
The Linux Foundation Japan Symposium | Tokyo, Japan |
| November 2 | 5th ACM Workshop on Recurring Malcode | Alexandria, VA, USA |
| November 2 November 3 |
Embedded Linux Conference, Europe | Linz, Austria |
| November 2 November 4 |
Real-Time Linux Workshop | Linz, Austria |
| November 3 | Linux-Info-Tag Dresden | Dresden, Germany |
| November 5 November 9 |
Python Bootcamp with Dave Beazley | Atlanta, USA |
| November 7 | NLUUG 25th anniversary conference | Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| November 7 | Alfresco North American Community Conference 2007 | New York, NY, USA |
| November 8 November 9 |
Blog World Expo | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| November 10 November 11 |
Linuxtage | Essen, NRW, Germany |
| November 11 November 17 |
Large Installation System Administration Conference | Dallas, TX, USA |
| November 12 November 16 |
Ruby on Rails Bootcamp with Charles B. Quinn | Atlanta, USA |
| November 12 November 15 |
OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference | San Jose, USA |
| November 12 November 16 |
ApacheCon US 2007 | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| November 13 November 14 |
IV Latin American Free Software Conference | Foz do Iguacu, Brazil |
| November 15 November 18 |
Piksel07 | Bergen, Norway |
| November 15 | Alfresco European Community Conference | Paris, France |
| November 16 November 18 |
aKademy-es 2007 | Zaragoza, Spain |
| November 20 November 23 |
DeepSec ISDC 2007 | Vienna, Austria |
| November 22 November 23 |
Conferencia Rails Hispana | Madrid, Spain |
| November 24 | LinuxDay in Vorarlberg (Deutschland, Schweiz, Liechtenstein und Österreich) | Dornbirn, Austria |
| November 26 November 29 |
Open Source Developers' Conference | Brisbane, Australia |
| November 28 November 30 |
Mono Summit 2007 | Madrid, Spain |
| November 29 November 30 |
PacSec 2007 | Tokyo, Japan |
| December 1 | Django Worldwide Sprint | Online, World |
| December 1 | London Perl Workshop 2007 | London, UK |
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Web sites
LessWatts.org launches
Intel has launched LessWatts.org, a site dedicated to reducing power consumption by Linux systems. "LessWatts is about creating a community around saving power on Linux, bringing developers, users, and sysadmins together to share software, optimizations, and tips and tricks."
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