Brief items
Two biotech startups are collaborating with the Linux Foundation to work on
OpenBEL. " OpenBEL is an open source software project that enables
users to capture, store, share and leverage life sciences content through a
knowledge engineering platform. In life sciences, data collection is not
the problem; making information interoperable and actionable has proven to
be more challenging. OpenBEL aims to address those challenges."
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Articles of interest
The Guardian talks
with Mark Shuttleworth about the Ubuntu Edge campaign, which failed to
reach its $32 million goal. " The impression we have from
conversations with manufacturers is that they are open to an alternative to
Android. And end-users don't seem emotionally attached to Android. There's
no network effect from using Android like there was with Windows in the
1990s, where if some businesses starting using Windows then others had to
follow. It's not like that on mobile. They all interoperate. Every Ubuntu
device would be additive to the whole ecosystem of devices."
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The Ada Initiative has posted a history of three successful conference
anti-harassment campaigns. " We decided to chronicle the history of conference anti-harassment policies in three communities: science fiction and fantasy, skepticism and atheism, and free and open source software. The goal is to create a standard reference model of how conference anti-harassment campaigns usually work so that we can refer to it when the going gets tough. If you know what other communities went through – e.g., a phase of concerted online harassment of women leaders – then you are less likely to give up. We hope this history will help people working to end harassment in other geek communities: Wikipedia, computer security, anime and comics, computer gaming, and perhaps even academic philosophy."
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Ars technica reports
that New Zealand has banned software patents. " One Member of Parliament who was deeply involved in the debate, Clare Curran, quoted several heads of software firms complaining about how the patenting process allowed "obvious things" to get patented and that "in general software patents are counter-productive." Curran quoted one developer as saying, "It's near impossible for software to be developed without breaching some of the hundreds of thousands of patents granted around the world for obvious work.""
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New Books
Addison-Wesley Professional has released "Python in Practice".
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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: August 29, 2013 to October 28, 2013
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the
LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates |
Event | Location |
|---|
| August 30 |
October 24
October 25 |
Xen Project Developer Summit |
Edinburgh, UK |
| August 31 |
October 26
October 27 |
T-DOSE Conference 2013 |
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| August 31 |
September 24
September 25 |
Kernel Recipes 2013 |
Paris, France |
| September 1 |
November 18
November 21 |
2013 Linux Symposium |
Ottawa, Canada |
| September 6 |
October 4
October 5 |
Open Source Developers Conference France |
Paris, France |
| September 15 |
November 8 |
PGConf.DE 2013 |
Oberhausen, Germany |
| September 15 |
November 15
November 16 |
Linux Informationstage Oldenburg |
Oldenburg, Germany |
| September 15 |
October 3
October 4 |
PyConZA 2013 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| September 15 |
November 22
November 24 |
Python Conference Spain 2013 |
Madrid, Spain |
| September 15 |
April 9
April 17 |
PyCon 2014 |
Montreal, Canada |
| September 15 |
February 1
February 2 |
FOSDEM 2014 |
Brussels, Belgium |
| October 1 |
November 28 |
Puppet Camp |
Munich, Germany |
| October 4 |
November 15
November 17 |
openSUSE Summit 2013 |
Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please
tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
The GNU manifesto was written 30 years ago and there will be a celebration
September 28-29 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. " GNU's 30th will be an opportunity for free software legends and enthusiastic newcomers to tackle important challenges together, while toasting to the GNU system's success. That's why this 30th anniversary event is more than just a celebration, it's also a hackathon. This event isn't just for programmers either; there will also be opportunities to contribute in many other ways besides writing code, such as a Free Software Directory sprint, crypto workshops, and much more. Come join us in developing and documenting free software for our Web-based world, with a focus on federated publishing and communication services, as well as tools to protect privacy and anonymity. Plus, it has cake and coding; what could be better?"
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The Australasian Open Source Developers
Conference will take place October 21-23 in Auckland, New Zealand. " The Australasian Open Source Developers Conference is one of the top conferences for developers in Asia Pacific. It's primarily focused on development with open source tools and development of open source software, and is now in its 10th year."
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Linux.conf.au will take place January 6-10, 2014 in Perth, Western
Australia. The final selection of miniconfs has been announced.
Full Story (comments: none)
Events: August 29, 2013 to October 28, 2013
The following event listing is taken from the
LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|
August 30
September 1 |
Pycon India 2013 |
Bangalore, India |
September 3
September 5 |
GanetiCon |
Athens, Greece |
September 6
September 8 |
State Of The Map 2013 |
Birmingham, UK |
September 6
September 8 |
Kiwi PyCon 2013 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
September 10
September 11 |
Malaysia Open Source Conference 2013 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
September 12
September 14 |
SmartDevCon |
Katowice, Poland |
| September 13 |
CentOS Dojo and Community Day |
London, UK |
September 16
September 18 |
CloudOpen |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 16
September 18 |
LinuxCon North America |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 18
September 20 |
Linux Plumbers Conference |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 19
September 20 |
UEFI Plugfest |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 19
September 20 |
Open Source Software for Business |
Prato, Italy |
September 19
September 20 |
Linux Security Summit |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 20
September 22 |
PyCon UK 2013 |
Coventry, UK |
September 23
September 25 |
X Developer's Conference |
Portland, OR, USA |
September 23
September 27 |
Tcl/Tk Conference |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
September 24
September 25 |
Kernel Recipes 2013 |
Paris, France |
September 24
September 26 |
OpenNebula Conf |
Berlin, Germany |
September 25
September 27 |
LibreOffice Conference 2013 |
Milan, Italy |
September 26
September 29 |
EuroBSDcon |
St Julian's area, Malta |
September 27
September 29 |
GNU 30th anniversary |
Cambridge, MA, USA |
| September 30 |
CentOS Dojo and Community Day |
New Orleans, LA, USA |
October 3
October 4 |
PyConZA 2013 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
October 3
October 5 |
Open World Forum 2013 |
Paris, France |
October 4
October 5 |
Open Source Developers Conference France |
Paris, France |
October 7
October 9 |
Qt Developer Days |
Berlin, Germany |
October 12
October 13 |
PyCon Ireland |
Dublin, Ireland |
October 12
October 14 |
GNOME Montreal Summit |
Montreal, Canada |
October 14
October 19 |
PyCon.DE 2013 |
Cologne, Germany |
October 17
October 20 |
PyCon PL |
Szczyrk, Poland |
| October 19 |
Hong Kong Open Source Conference 2013 |
Hong Kong, China |
| October 19 |
Central PA Open Source Conference |
Lancaster, PA, USA |
| October 20 |
Enlightenment Developer Day 2013 |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
October 21
October 23 |
Open Source Developers Conference |
Auckland, New Zealand |
October 21
October 23 |
KVM Forum |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 21
October 23 |
LinuxCon Europe 2013 |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 22
October 23 |
GStreamer Conference |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 22
October 24 |
Hack.lu 2013 |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| October 23 |
TracingSummit2013 |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 23
October 24 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference |
Nuremberg, Germany |
October 23
October 25 |
Linux Kernel Summit 2013 |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 24
October 25 |
Embedded LInux Conference Europe |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 24
October 25 |
Xen Project Developer Summit |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 24
October 25 |
Automotive Linux Summit Fall 2013 |
Edinburgh, UK |
October 25
October 27 |
vBSDcon 2013 |
Herndon, Virginia, USA |
October 25
October 27 |
Blender Conference 2013 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
October 26
October 27 |
PostgreSQL Conference China 2013 |
Hangzhou, China |
October 26
October 27 |
T-DOSE Conference 2013 |
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
If your event does not appear here, please
tell us about it.
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