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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Ardour project loses fundingThe Ardour multi-track audio recorder project has announced a loss of corporate sponsorship. "SAE announced today that they will no longer sponsor the development of Ardour. This puts me (Paul, Ardours lead developer) in the position of being paid solely by the donations and subscriptions made by the Ardour community. This is obviously insufficient to support myself, let alone my family, so I am obviously looking for other opportunities to earn a living. Although I intend to try to improve the revenue that Ardour itself generates, this is unlikely to be sufficient for some time to come."
EFF calls on Federal Regulators to protect Consumers from DRMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on the Federal Trade Commission to mitigate damage caused to consumers by Digital Rights Management. "In public comments submitted to the FTC today, EFF explained how DRM, backed by the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), impedes innovation and thwarts consumers' rights to make full use of their digital music, movies, software, and videogames. EFF urged the commission to study DRM's effect on competition in the marketplace, investigate whether the effects of DRM are fully disclosed to consumers, and promote a set of "Best Practices" that, if followed, would help alleviate the burdens of DRM for consumers."
New GNOME desktop testing team announcedThe GNOME Desktop Testing team has been launched. "We are proud to announce that a new GNOME team has been created, focused on desktop testing automation. If you have ever wondered how could you test your application writing scripts that mimic what a normal user would do, join us in this new effort. We have a mailing list, a wiki page with documentation and a SVN module with the initial work that we have done, but we need more people to get involve to make GNOME better and better."
New Books Network Know-How--New from No Starch PressNo Starch Press has published the book Network Know-How by John Ross.
Resources Python 2.6 Quick Reference availableA new Python 2.6 Quick Reference is available online. "The Python 2.6 Quick Reference is available in HTML and PDF formats at http://rgruet.free.fr/#QuickRef."
Meeting Minutes Perl 6 Design Meeting Minutes (use Perl)The minutes from the January 7, 2009 Perl 6 Design Meeting have been published. "The Perl 6 Design Team met by phone on 07 January 2009. Larry, Jerry, Allison, Patrick, Jesse, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations EuroDjangoCon '09 Venue and KeynotesEuroDjangoCon '09 will take place in Prague, the Czech Republic on May 4-8. "We have also extended the conference by two days so that we can have sprints. The dates are now as follows: May 4th - 6th (Main conference) May 7th - 8th (Sprints) Call for participation ends on 1st March, so please ensure you have submitted your talk before then".
Upcoming Events Announcing the Cloud Slam virtual conferenceCloud Slam 09 has been announced. "The world's leading experts and authorities in cloud computing to convene on April 20-24 at Cloud Slam 09 to analyze and uncover top trends and challenges."
Demonstrating Open-Source Healthcare Solutions 2009 Conference (LinuxMedNews)The Demonstrating Open-Source Healthcare Solutions 2009 Conference has been announced. "Lend Your Voice to this Crucial Discussion as America Transitions to a New Era Arguably, the unique elements of the 2008/2009 recession combined with a change in administration and governing philosophy constitute a unique historical moment as demonstrated by ongoing events..." The event takes place on February 20 in Los Angeles, CA.
FSF announces LibrePlanet 2009 and annual meetingThe FSF annual meeting has been announced. "The Free Software Foundation has announced LibrePlanet 2009, an expansion of its traditional annual meeting to a two-day event. The event will be held in Cambridge, MA, on March 21st and March 22nd, 2009, and in addition to presentations from FSF staff and board members will include a full "unconference" day of work oriented toward progressing free network services and other areas important to the free software community as outlined on the FSF's High Priority Projects list."
PyCon 2009 takes Python to new placesPyCon 2009 registration is open, the event takes place in Chicago, IL on March 25 - April 2. "From hackathons in Africa to a neutrino detector at the South Pole; from massive multicore machines to tiny embedded wireless devices; and from mobile phones to distributed heterogeneous networks, talks at Pycon 2009 demonstrate how Python is being used in places and in ways that will startle even longtime Python users. Python continues to branch out across software platforms as well, with several talks covering the growing use of IronPython and Jython on the .NET and Java platforms."
SCALE Is almost hereThe Southern California Linux Expo begins on February 20. "Free and Open Source software can save you money. Whether you're running a business or are a computer user, FOSS software is high-quality software that can be quite inexpensive. Smart organizations know that, and they come to SCALE, and sponsor SCALE. And because the FOSS community continues its vibrant growth unabated, there were more than enough organizations to fill the "dotORG" booths at this month's Expo: SCALE is full!"
SOA in Healthcare Conference (LinuxMedNews)LinuxMedNews has announced the SOA in Healthcare conference. "OMG, Health Level Seven (HL7), and the SOA Consortium announce the SOA in Healthcare: Value in a Time of Change, conference held June 2-4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency OHare in Chicago, IL. Registration details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-std."
uCon Security Conference speakers announcedThe speaker lineup for the uCon Security Conference has been announced. "The conference will take place three days after the most insane street carnival in the world in Recife, Brazil, on 28th February 2009 and will also feature trainings sessions on 26th and 27th. If you are outside Brazil and plan to attend to uCon, please contact us if you need any assistance on your travel. Carnival and hacking in a row, rather unique. Don't miss the chance."
UKUUG - Google Bursaries for attendees at Spring 2009Google has announced the availability of grants for the UKUUG conference. "Google, as part of Google's ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to announce the 2009 Google UKUUG Student/Developer Conference Grant to encourage more female computer scientists to attend and participate in the UKUUG 2009 Conference, 24-26 March, London."
Events: February 19, 2009 to April 20, 2009The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it. Web sites Announcing the OpenProofs WikiThe OpenProofs Wiki site has been launched. "A new site, "http://www.openproofs.org/", has been set up to encourage the development of "open proofs". The site defines "open proofs" as "software or a system where all of the following are free-libre / open source software (FLOSS): * the entire implementation * automatically-verifiable proof(s) of at least one key property, and * required tools (for use and modification)"".
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