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AnnouncementsBrief items Project Harmony 1.0 and its discontentsThe Harmony Project (an effort to create a standardized set of contributor agreements last covered here in April) has launched version 1.0 of its agreements. There is a cute selection tool allowing projects to pick the agreement which best suits their wishes. It's not clear how the agreements have changed since the first public disclosure in April.Harmony remains controversial; see these responses by Bradley Kuhn, Richard Fontana, and Dave Neary. Quoting Richard: "Despite my admiration, respect and affection for those who have been driving Harmony, I cannot endorse the product of their work. I believe Harmony is unnecessary, confusing, and potentially hazardous to open source and free software development."
Nortel's patent pile soldNortel has announced that it has sold its pile of patents for $4.5 billion. "The sale includes more than 6,000 patents and patent applications spanning wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, internet, service provider, semiconductors and other patents. The extensive patent portfolio touches nearly every aspect of telecommunications and additional markets as well, including Internet search and social networking." Google's attempt to buy these patents failed; they have gone to a consortium made up of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Sony. It's not hard to imagine unpleasant things resulting from that.
ESA Summer of Code in Space 2011The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a Summer of Code program. "ESA Summer of Code in Space (SOCIS) is a pilot program run by the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency that offers student developers stipends to write code for various space-related open source software projects. Through SOCIS, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers." Mentoring organizations can apply before July 15.
The 2011 survey of software usage in neuroscience researchThe results of an online survey in which neuroscientists were asked to share some details about their computing environments are available. A paper (PDF) by Michael Hanke and Yaroslav O. Halchenko shows that GNU/Linux is prevalent in neuroscience computing. "GNU/Linux is often perceived as a huge heterogeneous family of distributions that is impossible to support as a whole. However, our data show that the vast majority of all GNU/Linux-based neuroscientists use only two flavors of this platform: Red Hat-based, and Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions, with a preference for Debian-based systems in the personal environment." (Thanks to Adrian M. Whatley)
Articles of interest FSFE Newsletter - July 2011The July edition of the Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter is out.
Linux IT to underwrite open-source adoption (CRN)CRN reports that the UK company Linux IT is offering to underwrite any community-based open-source software that meets the requirements of its verification process. "Michael Breeze, marketing director at open-source software distributor Interactive Ideas, backed Linux IT's strategy. "We are seeing many companies and public sector organisations that are now actively looking for open source software alternatives, but having supported software is critical," he said. "The new programme from Linux IT now provides those companies with the option of using more open source software in a structured, supported environment.""
New Books Designed for Use--New from Pragmatic BookshelfPragmatic Bookshelf has released "Designed for Use" by Lukas Mathis.
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide--New from No Starch PressNo Starch Press has released "Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide" by David Kennedy, Jim O'Gorman, Devon Kearns, and Mati Aharoni.
The Book of Ruby--New from No Starch PressNo Starch Press has released "The Book of Ruby" by Huw Collingbourne.
Calls for Presentations linux.conf.au 2012 CFP openThe 2012 iteration of linux.conf.au (Ballarat, January 16-20) is now accepting proposals for talks; the deadline is July 29. "Though there are many elements needed to run a great conference, it is the speakers that truly make linux.conf.au such an amazing event. Being an international conference, but one with a uniquely Australian flavour, we are working to bring a terrific mix of both local and global speakers from different backgrounds to Ballarat in January."
Upcoming Events Denver 2011 PG DAY (Date Moved)The PG Day 2011 in Denver, CO was scheduled for September and has been moved to October 21. The call for papers is open until August 31 and free registration is open until July 31.
GR Conference 2011The GNU Radio conference is open for registration. The conference takes place September 14-16, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA. "Ettus Research, LLC will cover registration fees for any student who comes and will give a presentation on their work with GNU Radio."
Events: July 14, 2011 to September 12, 2011The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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