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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Call to contribution for the '2020 FLOSS roadmap'The 2020 FLOSS roadmap is a collaborative roadmap and with predictions on how the free / libre / open source software ecosystem could evolve over the next ten years. The first version was published last December, but the call for contributions for version 2 is currently open.
The FSF's new free software activist internship programThe Free Software Foundation has announced a new internship program. "The program provides opportunities for participants to work closely with FSF staff members for twelve-week terms in core areas of the FSF's work, including campaign and community organizing, free software licensing, systems and network administration, GNU project support, and web development." Applications for the first set of (unpaid) positions are due by May 25.
Gnash version 9.0 summer project seeks donationsThe Open Media Now organization is seeking donations for the Gnash summer v9 project. "The Gnash free flash player development team is setting its sights on getting to version 9.0 by the end of the summer and is launching a project later this month to ensure that they meet their goal. The project, known as the Gnash V9 Summer Bash will engage student interns to hammer through a number of ActionScript3 (AS3) Class Libraries that are critical to v9 and v10 functionality. The success of the project will result in Gnash compatibility with a number of high-demand websites -- including educational, major media, and other popular sites."
Linux Fund to raise money for Gnash OpenStreetMap supportThe Linux Fund recently announced an effort to improve OpenStreetMap support in the Gnash flash player. "Linux Fund has expanded its partnership with Sandro Santilli of the Gnash media player team to bring OpenStreetMap editing support to this open source Flash player. This work will also improve YouTube compatibility and joins Linux Fund's existing effort to bring the Real Time Messaging Protocol support to Gnash. "I am excited about having Gnash fully support OpenStreetMap because together these projects can really demonstrate what amazing things can be done with free software." says Rob Savoye of the Open Media Now! Foundation."
Commercial announcements Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)Intel and Nokia are teaming up for yet another open source telephony effort: oFono. How this fits with Maemo is not exactly clear from the announcement, but the authors of the announcement are Marcel Holtmann, Intel Open Source Technology Center and Aki Niemi, Nokia Devices R&D, Maemo Software. "oFono.org is a place to bring developers together around designing an infrastructure for building mobile telephony (GSM/UMTS) applications. oFono.org is licensed under GPLv2, and it includes a high-level D-Bus API for use by telephony applications of any license. oFono.org also includes a low-level plug-in API for integrating with Open Source as well as third party telephony stacks, cellular modems and storage back-ends." Click below for the full announcement.
MontaVista announces MontaVista Linux 6MontaVista has released the MontaVista Linux 6 Embedded Linux development environment. "By delivering Market Specific Distributions, combined with the new MontaVista Integration Platform, MontaVista gives commercial device developers unparalleled flexibility to design and deliver products uniquely tailored for their target market." Linux Devices takes a look at the support for new SoC devices in MontaVista Linux 6.
rPath announces a new CEOrPath has announced the hiring of Mike Torto as its new CEO. "At rPath, we've been very focused on lining up the pieces to support the next stage of our growth. First, we laid out the future of application deployment and system maintenance; and we launched rBuilder 5, the solution for automating the packaging, deployment and maintenance of applications as complete and self-contained systems that are ready to run in any traditional, virtual or cloud-based environment. The last piece of the puzzle is a CEO to scale the business and accelerate our growth in enterprise markets. Mike Torto was a perfect fit for this role."
New Books Audacity Compact published in Englishthe book Audacity Compact by Markus Priemer is available in English and German.
Resources FSFE NewsletterThe April, 2009 edition of the FSFE Newsletter is online with the latest Free Software Foundation Europe news. Topics include:
1. Second European Licensing and Legal Workshop for Free Software, 23-24 April
2. FSFE at WIPO's 3rd Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property
3. FSFE amicus brief to European Patent Office on Software Patents
4. The Fellowship interviews: Myriam Schweingruber
5. FSFE welcomes Thomas Jensch, new intern for Zurich office
6. Fellowship vote for GA seats - the election is ongoing
7. Renewal of Fellowship services
8. PDFreaders.org enjoys continued success
9. FSFE invades Austria
R6xx/R7xx 3D programming guide releasedFull support for ATI graphics chipsets has been long in coming, but it just got a little closer: AMD has now released the 3D programming guide for the R6xx and R7xx chipsets. It's available (in PDF format) from AMD or X.org.
Contests and Awards Awards As Far As The Eye Can See (Linux Journal)Linux Journal reports on the upcoming OSCON awards, nominations are open until May 22. "There are awards, and then there are awards. The Oscars may hold audiences captive for a night, but the Nobel Prize is an award forever. The Open Source community has its share of awards as well, and award season would appear to be upon us, as two of the largest have opened nominations. The O'Reilly Open Source Conference convening for the first time in its new home in the Bay Area will be home not just to one of the über-awards, but to both O'Reilly's own Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards and the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards."
KPhotoAlbum competition to create a showcase video (KDEDot)KDE.News has announced a video competition. "Today the KPhotoAlbum team has launched a competition to create the coolest showcase video for the new KDE 4 version of KPhotoAlbum. Besides fame and glory participant also has the chance to win $100 for the coolest video. Back in 2005 Jesper K. Pedersen (also known as blackie@kde.org to many people) created 4 small videos showing the major features of KPhotoAlbum. Back then recording such a video took a long time, and included among other things audio editing tools, fake VNC servers etc. Today, it is as simple as running recordmydesktop."
Upcoming Events Black Hat - Like No Other Information Security ConferenceThe Black Hat USA Training event will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 25-28, 2009 and the Black Hat Briefings USA will follow on July 29-30.
Get Ready for openSUSE Community WeekopenSUSE Community Week starts soon. "The first openSUSE Community Week is just around the corner. May 11 through May 17 we'll be hosting live sessions in IRC to help grow the openSUSE Community. Community week is all about helping new contributors get started with openSUSE and getting existing contributors together to mentor new contributors, and working together on major projects. We'll be hosting a week of IRC tutorials, Q&A's, and jam sessions on a number of topics."
Announcing PHP TestFest 2009The 2009 PHP TestFest has been announced, it takes place in April - June 2009. "TestFest is upon us once again. For those who don't know, this is the time of year where User Groups and individuals donate a little of their time and effort to increasing the test coverage of PHP. "
Events: May 21, 2009 to July 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 Linux.com relaunchedThe Linux Foundation has announced the relaunch of Linux.com, which it acquired recently. "Linux.com is designed to mirror the Linux community process by hosting a collaborative framework where users and developers can connect and increase the collective Linux knowledge and resources for new and advanced users alike. The site is the central source for informed Linux information, software and documentation covering the server, desktop, mobile, and embedded areas."
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