Announcements

Brief items

Apache Software Foundation subpoenaed by Oracle

The Apache Software Foundation has announced that Oracle has served it with a subpoena "requiring the production of documents related to the use of Apache Harmony code in the Android software platform, and the unsuccessful attempt by Apache to secure an acceptable license to the Java SE Technology Compatibility Kit." The full document has been provided for those curious to see what Oracle is asking for.

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EFF: Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Peter Eckersley has put out a call to action for open wireless networks. It goes beyond just advocating for more open access points and sane laws to protect people who open their APs by looking at potential technical fixes for problems like bandwidth hogging. "The best solution to this problem is to have WiFi routers which make it very easy to share a certain amount of bandwidth via an open network, but simultaneously provide an encrypted WPA2 network that gets priority over the open network. Some modern routers already support multiple networks like this, but we need a very simple, single-click or default setting to get the prioritization right."

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KDE e.V. Publishes Final Report for 2010

KDE e.V. has announced the availability of its report (PDF) for the fourth quarter of 2010. The report looks at things that happened in KDE, the supporting members, recaps from various gatherings, and includes a look at the project's finances.

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Articles of interest

Attachmate reveals Novell, SUSE, & Linux Plans (ZDNet)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talks with Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn about the future for Novell, SUSE and openSUSE. "SUSE sponsorship and participation in key open-source projects is a fundamental element of the business. This commitment is driven by a desire to contribute to and collaborate with the community in a way that fosters the success of open source technologies overall and creates the greatest value for our customers. The openSUSE project is a great example of vibrant and healthy collaboration. SUSE sponsorship and participation in projects like openSUSE creates great value for the community and also for SUSE customers who benefit from the innovations and advancements we create together."

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New Books

The Book of CSS3--New from No Starch Press

No Starch Press has released "The Book of CSS3", by Peter Gasston.

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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Ed--New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly Media has released "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Edition", by David Flanagan.

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Code in the Cloud--New from Pragmatic Bookshelf

Pragmatic Bookshelf has released "Code in the Cloud", by Mark Chu-Carroll.

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Resources

FSFE Newsletter - May 2011

The May edition of the Free Software Foundation Europe covers competition authorities and software patents, the pdfreaders.org campaign, and several other topics.

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Contests and Awards

Sixth Pyggy Awards

Registration is open for the Pyggy Awards. "This time, entry is open to any Python-based game, not just PyWeek games, and not just games developed during PyWeek or Pyggy. So if you've had a Python game project on the back burner, you no longer have any excuse for not finishing it off! Get going!" Judging will be from July 17-31, 2011.

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Calls for Presentations

PyOhio Call for Proposals

PyOhio 2011 will take place July 30-31, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. The call for proposals is open until June 3, 2011. "PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled talks, tutorials, and panels. All topics of interest to Python programmers will be considered. Standard presentation slots will be 40 minutes plus a 10 minute question-and-answer period."

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Upcoming Events

Events: May 12, 2011 to July 11, 2011

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)	Event	Location
May 9 May 13	Linaro Development Summit	Budapest, Hungary
May 9 May 13	Ubuntu Developer Summit	Budapest, Hungary
May 10 May 12	Solutions Linux Open Source 2011	Paris, France
May 10 May 13	Libre Graphics Meeting	Montreal, Canada
May 11 May 14	LinuxTag - International conference on Free Software and Open Source	Berlin, Germany
May 12	NLUUG Spring Conference 2011	ReeHorst, Ede, Netherlands
May 12 May 14	Linuxwochen Österreich - Linz	Linz, Austria
May 12 May 15	Pingwinaria 2011 - Polish Linux User Group Conference	Spala, Poland
May 16 May 19	PGCon - PostgreSQL Conference for Users and Developers	Ottawa, Canada
May 16 May 19	RailsConf 2011	Baltimore, MD, USA
May 20 May 21	Linuxwochen Österreich - Eisenstadt	Eisenstadt, Austria
May 21	UKUUG OpenTech 2011	London, United Kingdom
May 23 May 25	MeeGo Conference San Francisco 2011	San Francisco, USA
June 1	Informal meeting at IRILL on weaknesses of scripting languages	Paris, France
June 1 June 3	Workshop Python for High Performance and Scientific Computing	Tsukuba, Japan
June 1 June 3	LinuxCon Japan 2011	Yokohama, Japan
June 3 June 5	Open Help Conference	Cincinnati, OH, USA
June 6 June 10	DjangoCon Europe	Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 10 June 12	Southeast LinuxFest	Spartanburg, SC, USA
June 13 June 15	Linux Symposium'2011	Ottawa, Canada
June 15 June 17	2011 USENIX Annual Technical Conference	Portland, OR, USA
June 20 June 26	EuroPython 2011	Florence, Italy
June 21 June 24	Open Source Bridge	Portland, OR, USA
June 27 June 29	YAPC::NA	Asheville, NC, USA
June 29	Scilab conference 2011	Palaiseau, France
June 29 July 2	12º Fórum Internacional Software Livre	Porto Alegre, Brazil
July 9 July 14	Libre Software Meeting / Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre	Strasbourg, France

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