Brief items
Michael Meeks announces
that SUSE's LibreOffice team is moving over to Collabora, which will be
providing commercial LibreOffice support going forward. " It seems to
me that the ability to say 'no' to profitable but peripheral business in
order to strategically focus the company is a really important management
task. In the final analysis I'm convinced that this is the right business
decision for SUSE. It will allow Collabora's Productivity division to focus
exclusively on driving LibreOffice into Windows, Mac and Consulting markets
that are peripheral to SUSE. It will also retain the core of the existing
skill base for the benefit of SUSE's customers, and the wider LibreOffice
community, of which openSUSE is an important part." See also the
press releases from Collabora
and SUSE.
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Articles of interest
The Free Software Foundation's monthly newsletter for August covers the GNU
30th anniversary celebration, the Free JavaScript campaign, videos from
LibrePlanet, gNewSense 3.0, an interview with Bernd Kreuss of TorChat, and
several other topics.
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The Free Software Foundation Europe newsletter covers F-Droid: Privacy
aware software repository for Android, New Zealand bans software patents,
Groklaw shutdown, interviews and talks, and more.
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The Free Software Foundation has launched the Free JavaScript campaign.
" For some time now, free software users have been concerned about the
increasing number of Web sites that cannot run without nonfree
JavaScript programs downloaded and executed on the visitor's
computer. Richard Stallman first raised the concern with his article
The JavaScript Trap, pointing out that most JavaScript programs
are not freely licensed, and that even free software Web browsers are
usually configured to download and run these nonfree programs without
informing the user. We've recently started organizing free software
users around the issue."
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Simon Phipps looks
at Microsoft's Nokia acquisition with an emphasis on Nokia's patents.
" By divesting its devices business yet retaining ownership of the
patents that relate to them, Nokia has immunized itself from retaliatory
action when it makes future patent offensives. In the past, a company such
as Google -- most likely Nokia's primary target -- could retaliate by
attacking Nokia's infringement of its own patents, but that line of defense
is no longer available since all the products now belong to
Microsoft. That's the background to Nokia's statement that it 'plans to
continue to build Nokia's patent portfolio [and] to expand its
industry-leading technology licensing program.'"
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Luis Villa has posted a set
of notes from the Creative Commons Global Summit. " Conversation
around the revised CC 4.0 license drafts was mostly quite positive. The
primary expressed concerns were about fragmentation and
cross-jurisdictional compatibility. I understand these concerns better now,
having engaged in several good discussions about them with folks at the
conference. That said, I came away only confirmed on my core position on
CC’s license drafting: when in doubt, CC should always err on the side of
creating a global license and enabling low-complexity sharing."
Comments (7 posted)
Education and Certification
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has launched LPI Academy, " a
Linux education program for accredited degree / diploma-granting
academic institutions, high schools, middle schools, and government
training programs."
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Calls for Presentations
PyConZA will take place October 3-4 in Cape Town, South Africa. The call
for talks has been extended until September 15.
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The KDE community is looking for a
host for Akademy 2014. " Hosting Akademy is a rare opportunity. The local hosting team plays a key and highly visible role in producing this event, being actively involved within the KDE community and with the local community as well. The hosting community gains financially with attendees visiting from all over the world. In addition, the local community can benefit from the value of Free and Open Source Software and the close involvement of one of its premier organizations. People from local businesses, educators, students, government officials and technology enthusiasts are encouraged to attend and are warmly welcomed. As has been proven by previous Akademies, the opportunity is as big and varied as the hosting team can create."
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CFP Deadlines: September 6, 2013 to November 5, 2013
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the
LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates |
Event | Location |
|---|
| 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 |
| November 1 |
January 6 |
Sysadmin Miniconf at Linux.conf.au 2014 |
Perth, Australia |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please
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Upcoming Events
The linux.conf.au (LCA) team has announced the selection of LCA 2014's miniconfs. As the name suggests, miniconfs are smaller, one-day conference events that are organized in conjunction with LCA. Each miniconf is focused on a specialized topic and selects in own program. The 2014 selections include the kernel, open government, browsers, astronomy, multimedia, and more. LCA 2014 is scheduled for January 6–10 in Perth, Western Australia.
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Events: September 6, 2013 to November 5, 2013
The following event listing is taken from the
LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|
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 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 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 |
October 28
October 31 |
15th Real Time Linux Workshop |
Lugano, Switzerland |
October 28
November 1 |
Linaro Connect USA 2013 |
Santa Clara, CA, USA |
October 29
November 1 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2013 |
Dublin, Ireland |
November 3
November 8 |
27th Large Installation System Administration Conference |
Washington DC, USA |
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