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AnnouncementsBrief items Digia acquires QtDigia has announced that it is acquiring the Qt project from Nokia. "Following the acquisition Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried out by Nokia. These include product development, as well as the commercial and open source licensing and service business. Following the acquisition, Digia plans to quickly enable Qt on Android, iOS and Windows 8 platforms." Digia has run the Qt licensing business since early 2011.
X.Org Foundation joins OINThe X.Org Foundation has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN). "OIN has granted the Foundation a license to use of all patents they control or which are covered by agreements with other OIN community members and licensees, in exchange for a pledge from the Foundation to license back any patents which the Foundation may come into possession of. (Currently the Foundation owns no patents, but if we ever do, they will be covered by this agreement.)"
Articles of interest Ada Initiative news July 2012The July edition of the Ada Initiative news covers AdaCamp DC, Wikimania keynote and West Coast meetups, and other topics.
Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment mattersValerie Aurora examines the costs of harassment at technical conferences and what can be done about it. "When you say, 'Women shouldn’t go to DEFCON if they don’t like it,' you are saying that women shouldn’t have all of the opportunities that come with attending DEFCON: jobs, education, networking, book contracts, speaking opportunities – or else should be willing to undergo sexual harassment and assault to get access to them. Is that really what you believe?"
FSF: The Shield Act fails to protect free software from patentsThe Free Software Foundation comments on the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act, (SHIELD Act). "This act is meant to deal with the problem of patent trolls destroying software businesses. The bill would enable victims of patent trolling to have their costs covered if the judge decides that the plaintiff was not likely to succeed on their claims. While many are hailing the bill for fighting against patent trolls, it does not go far enough for us to support it, and it carries some risks that concern us." (Thanks to Davide Del Vento)
Calls for Presentations FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and main track speakersFOSDEM (Free and Open Source software Developers' European Meeting) will be held February 2-3, 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. The call is out for devroom organizers and main track speakers. "The main tracks host high-quality seminars for a broad and technical audience. Every track is organized around a theme (security, kernel, collaboration, ...). They are held in the two biggest auditoria and last 50 minutes. Each of the talks is given by a speaker who gets their travel and accommodation costs reimbursed." Devroom (developer room) organizers will schedule presentations, brainstorming and hacking sessions for their room. "Each year we receive more requests than we can host. To better achieve our goals, preference will be given to *proposals involving multiple, collaborating projects*. Projects with similar goals/domains that make separate requests will be asked to co-organize a devroom under their common theme."
Upcoming Events GStreamer Conference 2012 program now completeThe list of presenters and topics for the GStreamer Conference has been finalized. The conference takes place August 27-28 in San Diego, CA. "The GStreamer Conference 2012 is an annual gathering of GStreamer and Open Source multimedia enthusiasts. This year we have exciting talks about GStreamer 1.0, the GStreamer SDK, GStreamer and Embedded hardware, ALSA, Wayland, OpenGL and Mesa and much more."
Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) #15 is comingPyWeek will run September 9-16, 2012. Entrants will write a game from scratch in one week (in Python, of course) either as an individual or in a team.
SCALE 11x set for Feb. 22-24, 2013The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 11x will take place February 22-24, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA. "Details on SCALE 11x – including a call for papers, instructions to obtain exhibit space, sponsorship opportunities and, of course, registration -- will be announced as they are confirmed, and announcements should start later this month."
Events: August 16, 2012 to October 15, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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