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FSF: End Software Patents

The Free Software Foundation is asking people to join its "End Software Patents" campaign. "We campaign to get rid of software patents altogether. Your donations won't be used on slow, costly processes to invalidate a tiny number of 'stupid patents.' We want video formats to be free, we want software to be compatible, we want companies to compete by developing software not by buying patents, and we want everyone, including individuals and small businesses, to be allowed to write and distribute software, without having to follow rules imposed by patent holders."

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Articles of interest

Second set of FOSDEM 2013 speaker interviews available

Koen Vervloesem has posted the second round of interviews with this year's Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) main track speakers. The first batch was posted on January 10; this batch includes talks with eight more speakers. FOSDEM 2013 is scheduled for February 2 and 3 in Brussels.

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Third set of FOSDEM speaker interviews available

The third set of interviews with the main track speakers at FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting) is available. The first set and the second set are still available as well. FOSDEM 2013 takes place February 2-3 in Brussels.

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New Books

'Book of Gimp' from No Starch Press

No Starch Press has released "The Book of GIMP" by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare.

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Education and Certification

LPI Hosts Exam Labs at SCALE 11x

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will be hosting exams at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) on February 24, 2013.

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Calls for Presentations

OSCON Call for Proposals

The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) will take place July 22-26, 2013 in Portland, Oregon. The call for papers deadline is February 4. They are looking for tutorials and shorter presentations.

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Linux storage, filesystem and memory management summit CFP

The 2013 Linux storage, filesystem, and memory management summit will be held April 18-19 in San Francisco. Developers interested in attending this event are invited to submit proposals for discussion topics; the deadline is February 8.

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Upcoming Events

SCALE 11X: Kyle Rankin to keynote

The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 11X) has announced that Kyle Rankin will give the second keynote at the expo in Los Angeles, CA on February 24. "Rankin is the author of a variety of books, including “DevOps Troubleshooting,” “The Official Ubuntu Server Book,” “Knoppix Hacks,” “Knoppix Pocket Reference,” “Linux Multimedia Hacks,” and “Ubuntu Hacks.” He is an award-winning columnist for Linux Journal, and has written for PC Magazine, TechTarget websites and other publications. He speaks frequently on Open Source software including at SCALE, OSCON, Linux World Expo, Penguicon, and a number of Linux Users Groups.”"

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2013 Linux Foundation Events, 100 Linux Tutorials

The Linux Foundation has announced its conference schedule for 2013 and introduces the 100 Linux Tutorials campaign. "This video campaign is aimed at increasing access to Linux knowledge, removing barriers to learning Linux, and transferring expertise around the globe. The Linux Foundation invites Linux enthusiasts, developers and systems administrators to be part of this worldwide campaign to collect *100 Linux video tutorials** *on the Linux.com video forum, which anyone can access and learn with the click of a mouse."

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Events: January 24, 2013 to March 25, 2013

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

Date(s)EventLocation
January 28
February 2
Linux.conf.au 2013 Canberra, Australia
February 2
February 3
Free and Open Source software Developers' European Meeting Brussels, Belgium
February 15
February 17
Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe 2013 Winter Edition Minsk, Belarus
February 18
February 19
Android Builders Summit San Francisco, CA, USA
February 20
February 22
Embedded Linux Conference San Francisco, CA, USA
February 22
February 24
Mini DebConf at FOSSMeet 2013 Calicut, India
February 22
February 24
FOSSMeet 2013 Calicut, India
February 22
February 24
Southern California Linux Expo Los Angeles, CA, USA
February 23
February 24
DevConf.cz 2013 Brno, Czech Republic
February 25
March 1
ConFoo Montreal, Canada
February 26
February 28
ApacheCon NA 2013 Portland, Oregon, USA
February 26
February 28
O’Reilly Strata Conference Santa Clara, CA, USA
February 26
March 1
GUUG Spring Conference 2013 Frankfurt, Germany
March 4
March 8
LCA13: Linaro Connect Asia Hong Kong, China
March 6
March 8
Magnolia Amplify 2013 Miami, FL, USA
March 9
March 10
Open Source Days 2013 Copenhagen, DK
March 13
March 21
PyCon 2013 Santa Clara, CA, US
March 15
March 16
Open Source Conference Szczecin, Poland
March 15
March 17
German Perl Workshop Berlin, Germany
March 16
March 17
Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2013 Chemnitz, Germany
March 19
March 21
FLOSS UK Large Installation Systems Administration Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK
March 20
March 22
Open Source Think Tank Calistoga, CA, USA
March 23 Augsburger Linux-Infotag 2013 Augsburg, Germany
March 23
March 24
LibrePlanet 2013: Commit Change Cambridge, MA, USA

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