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AnnouncementsBrief items MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video CodecThe MPEG Licensing Authority (LA) is trying to form a patent pool around patents that apply to the VP8 video codec, which is part of Google's WebM open web media push. "In order to participate in the creation of, and determine licensing terms for, a joint VP8 patent license, any party that believes it has patents that are essential to the VP8 video codec specification is invited to submit them for a determination of their essentiality by MPEG LA's patent evaluators. At least one essential patent is necessary to participate in the process, and initial submissions should be made by March 18, 2011. Although only issued patents will be included in the license, in order to participate in the license development process, patent applications with claims that their owners believe are essential to the specification and likely to issue in a patent also may be submitted."
Canonical announces a component catalog for LinuxCanonical has announced the release of a component catalog that lists Linux-compatible devices. "With this database, corporate buyers can specify the design of their Ubuntu desktops or servers from manufacturers much more efficiently. Individuals can be sure that the key components of the machine they are considering will work with their preferred Ubuntu or Linux distribution. The PC and server industry will also have a simple single source to publicize the work that they do in certifying Linux components and making that knowledge freely available." This looks to be a great resource, but it does not seem to make any distinction between free and binary-only driver support.
LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4LiMo Foundation has announced the launch of LiMo 4. "LiMo 4 makes extensive use of best of breed technologies from leading open source projects. LiMo's Open Source Policy also promotes strong bilateral engagement with these projects in the interests of maintenance efficiency and market access for future open source innovation. It is planned that LiMo 4 code will become available for public download from July 2011."
LibreOffice Community starts 50,000 Euro challenge for setting-up its foundationThe community around LibreOffice has announced its fifty-thousand Euro challenge for setting-up The Document Foundation as a legal entity. "The race for funds is open until March 21st 2011, which marks the beginning of Spring in the northern hemisphere. All users - especially enterprises - are invited to donate to the capital stock of the future foundation."
Articles of interest Decentralizing the Internet So Big Brother Can't Find You (NY Times)The New York Times looks at the Freedom Box Foundation. There will be little new here for most LWN readers, but it's nice to see the effort getting wider attention. "Mr. Moglen said that if he could raise 'slightly north of $500,000,' Freedom Box 1.0 would be ready in one year."
Open Source Hardware Definition 1.0 published (The H)The H takes a look at version 1.0 of the Open Source Hardware Definition. "The definition, based in part on the OSI's Open Source Definition, covers the requirements for availability of documentation, necessary software and optional attribution. It also covers what attributes the licence used should have such as not being specific to a product, not restricting other hardware or software and being technology neutral."
Linux Supercomputer is a Contestant on Jeopardy (LinuxPlanet)LinuxPlanet covers the IBM Watson game playing supercomputer. "The IBM Watson supercomputer runs on 10 racks of IBM POWER 750 Servers that can be powered by a number of operating systems including IBM's own AIX Unix operating system as well as Linux. IBM chose Linux and more specifically, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) as the underlying operating system for Watson."
What Nokia's Windows move means for Open Source (ZDNet)Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talks with some of Nokia's open-source partners about MeeGo. "In particular, although Nokia has said it will continue to support MeeGo, Intel, Nokia's chief MeeGo partner was not pleased. In a statement Intel said: "While we are disappointed with Nokia's decision, Intel is not blinking on MeeGo. We remain committed and welcome Nokia's continued contribution to MeeGo open source.""
Education and Certification Linux Professional Institute develops Academic Program in MalaysiaThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced a new initiative to promote Linux training within colleges and universities in Malaysia. "This initiative by LPI affiliate, LPI-Asia Pacific will enable post-secondary academic programs in Malaysia to adopt LPI training as part of their regular IT curriculum. LPI-APAC is working with the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia in introducing this program to both private and public educational institutions within Malaysia."
Calls for Presentations LAC2011: Paper deadline coming closerThere are only a few days left to submit a paper for the 2011 Linux Audio Conference in Maynooth, Ireland (May 6-8, 2011). The submission deadline is February 20.
Upcoming Events SCALE Update: UpSCALE Talks/Birds of a FeatherThe 9th annual Southern California Linux Expo has announced the schedule for its UpSCALE talks, to be held on February 25. There are still slots available for Birds of a Feather sessions to be held on February 25-26.
Linux Foundation End User Summit Program AnnouncedThe Linux Foundation has announced the program for its End User Summit which takes place March 1-2, 2011, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Record-breaking submissions to PyCon 2011The PyCon team has reported a record number of submissions for PyCon 2011 (March 9-17 in Atlanta, Georgia). Click below for links to the lists of talks, tutorials, sprints and keynotes.
The Android Builders Summit announcedThe Linux Foundation has announced the first Android Builders Summit, to be held April 13 and 14 in San Francisco, immediately after the Embedded Linux Conference. "Android is expanding to an increasing number of industry segments in addition to smart phones and tablets. There is a need for the ecosystem of builders to collaborate on a common solution for existing limitations and desired features across all of these device categories."
Events: February 24, 2011 to April 25, 2011The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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