Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
The GPL Version 3 Development and Publicity Project
The Free Software Foundation and FSF Europe have sent out an announcement regarding the next phase in the process leading to version 3 of the GPL. "The project will bring together thousands of organisations, software developers, and software users from around the globe during 2006, in an effort to update the world's most popular Free Software licence. The GPLv3 promises to be one of the largest participatory comments and adoption efforts ever undertaken." There is a €150,000 grant from Stichting NLnet supporting this project, but not many specifics (yet) on what will actually be done.
OpenOffice.org License Simplification
Louis Suarez-Potts has sent an announcement regarding Sun's retirement of the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL). "How does this move affect OpenOffice.org? As most know, OpenOffice.org code was launched under the dual banner of the SISSL and LGPL; licensees could choose which one they wanted to use, and nearly all have chosen the LGPL. Effective with the announcement that Sun is retiring the SISSL, however, OpenOffice.org will in the future only be licensed under the LGPL."
Commercial announcements
Brightstar on $100 laptop project
Brightstar has announced its involvement in the "One Laptop Per Child" project. "The $100 laptop is envisioned as a Linux-based, full color, full screen laptop enabled with both WiFi and cellular technology and produced to be able to handle a rugged, child's environment." A little more information is available on this Media Lab page.
CA makes a patent pledge
Computer Associates has announced that it will not assert patent infringement claims against free software projects using technology covered by any of 14 patents. The list of patents includes one entitled "graphical display of data," among others.Panda Software announces malware certification
Panda Software has announced malware certification for its Panda SambaSecure Antivirus product. "Panda SambaSecure has obtained Checkmark Level 1 and 2 certification on detection and disinfection of malware, which is a good indicator of the quality level of our products."
SCO Partners With MySQL AB
According to this press release, the SCO Group and MySQL AB have joined forces, with SCO shipping a commercial version of mysql on OpenServer. "As part of the agreement, the companies will work together on a range of joint marketing, sales, training, business development and support programs that will benefit customers throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia." The PR has dropped SCO's usual "owner of the Unix operating system" line as well.
Servertec Java Products Go Open Source
Servertec has released its suite of Java products under the GNU Library General Public License. A number of embedded web servers for embedded platforms and other utilities are included.SWsoft partners with HP
SWsoft has announced a partnership with HP relating to its Virtuozzo server virtualization solution. "SWsoft, an established leader in server automation and virtualization software, today announced complete Virtuozzo-based server virtualization solutions on IntelR ItaniumR 2 processor-based HP Integrity servers and other HP platforms."
New Books
Addison-Wesley publishes Beyond the C++ Standard Library
Addison-Wesley has published the book Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost by Björn Karlsson.Blog Out Loud--Sound Great Doing It
O'Reilly has published the book Podcasting Hacks by Jack D. Herrington.
Resources
The EFF's guide to DRM in online music
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a guide to DRM in online music. "This guide 'translates' the marketing messages by the major services, giving you the real deal rather than spin. Understanding how DRM and the DMCA pose a danger to your rights will help you to make fully informed purchasing decisions. Before buying DRM-crippled music from any service, you should consider the following examples and be sure to understand how the service might limit your ability to make lawful use of the music you purchase."
Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter
The FSF Europe newsletter looks at the GPLv3, a report from Karsten Gerloff at the ATTAC Germany summer academy, the AFFS General Meeting and improving the infrastructure.The InterBase and Firebird Developer Magazine launches
The initial release of the InterBase and Firebird Developer Magazine is available as a free PDF download. "In this issue: cover story "Inside savepoints" about internals of savepoints mechanism, interesting article "How to use temporary tables in InterBase", overview of "Embedded User Authentication in InterBase 7.5", practical guide "How to avoid 10054 errors", and so on."
Linux Gazette #118
The September Linux Gazette is out. This edition has the usual features plus articles such as 'Linux Analog to Digital Converter', 'Microprocessor Simulator on Linux', 'New Use for Old Hardware: A Network Copier', 'Using The QEMU Emulator, My Thoughts And Experiences', 'Digital Television', 'Snort Inline Part II', and more.New Mozilla Newsgroups FAQ (MozillaZine)
A new FAQ about Mozilla newsgroups has been announced. "The document covers issues such as access to the new newsgroups, access to the old newsgroups, the mailing lists and anti-spam measures. Last month, it was announced that Mozilla newsgroups will be moved to a server hosted by Giganews."
MyOSS Magazine Edition 5 available for free download
The latest edition of MyOSS Magazine - Edition 5 (Chronicles of FaTUX) is available for download. This issue looks at Live CDs, code design, PythonCard, HackInTheBox conference tickets and more. Click below for a more through summary, or just grab a copy.
Contests and Awards
amaroK and Kontact Artwork Challenges (KDE.News)
KDE.News covers two KDE-Artists.org artwork challenges for amaroK and Kontact. "The amaroK developers are currently working on the 1.3 release of their live CD. If you are an Open Source artist and are interested in creating the amaroK 1.3 live CD artwork then join the 7 day artwork challenge. Excellent prizes await the winner."
2.12 Splash Screen Winner (GnomeDesktop)
GnomeDesktop has announced the winner of the GNOME 2.12 splash screen contest. "The winner of the 2.12 splash screen competition is GNOME in Silk - evolving 2 by Xilef. The new splash screen will be used in the official GNOME 2.12 release in a few days." The image resembles a foot-shaped pill dissolving in water.
TUX 2005 Readers' Choice Award Winners Announced
SSC Publications, Inc. has announced the winners of its first-annual TUX Magazine Readers' Choice Awards. Winners include Kubuntu/Ubuntu, KDE, Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim, and more.
Upcoming Events
Badger Badger Badger Tour and Special USA Tour
Jeff Waugh has announced the Badger Badger Badger Tour. "I will be travelling for a month and a half, criss-crossing the northern hemisphere, to bring the world of Ubuntu to your doorstep. Expect badgers, mushrooms, schnaaaaaakes, an awful lot of Ubuntu CDs, and a healthy dose of madcap hijinks! If you would like to catch up with me during my journey, add your details to the wiki page, or reply to this email."
Third Fedora User Conference, London
The third Fedora User Conference has been announced. The event will be held in London on October 6, 2005. "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project, today announced that the third Fedora User and Developer Conference (FUDCon) will take place on the second day of this years LinuxWorld in London on 6th October, 2005 at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. Following successful conferences of the Fedora Community in Boston in February and during Linux Tag in Karlsruhe, Germany in June this year, this third conference will further enable Fedora participants in the UK to exchange their views on various topics around the current state of the Fedora Project including infrastructure and development issues."
Events: September 8 - November 3, 2005
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 8 - 9, 2005 | International Computer Music Conference(ICMC 2005) | Barcelona, Spain |
| September 11 - 15, 2005 | Novell Brainshare 2005 | (CCIB)Barcelona, Spain |
| September 12 - 15, 2005 | Embedded Systems Conference | (Hynes Convention Center)Boston, Mass |
| September 14 - 16, 2005 | php|works | (Holiday Inn Yorkdale)Toronto, Canada |
| September 16 - 18, 2005 | ToorCon 7 | (San Diego Convention Center)San Diego, CA |
| September 17 - 18, 2005 | Freedel | New Delhi, India |
| September 19 - 21, 2005 | Plone Conference 2005 | (Semper Depot, Lehargasse)Vienna, Austria |
| September 20 - 23, 2005 | New Security Paradigms Workshop(NSPW) | (UCLA Conference Center)Lake Arrowhead, California |
| September 23 - 24, 2005 | Sixth Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming(TFP 2005) | Tallinn, Estonia |
| September 26 - 29, 2005 | Hack in the Box Security Conference(HITBSecConf2005) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| September 26 - 30, 2005 | IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing(Cluster 2005) | Boston, Massachusetts |
| September 28 - 30, 2005 | OpenOffice.org Conference 2005(OO.oCon) | Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia |
| September 30 - October 2, 2005 | Linucon | Austin, Texas |
| October 1, 2005 | Ohio LinuxFest 2005 | Columbus, OH |
| October 2 - 5, 2005 | Gelato October 2005 Meeting for Linux on Itanium | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| October 5 - 6, 2005 | LinuxWorld London | Olympia, London, UK |
| October 6, 2005 | Fedora Users and Developers Conference(FUDCon London) | (LinuxWorld Conference and Expo UK)London, UK |
| October 7 - 9, 2005 | Indie Games Con 2005(IGC) | Eugene, Oregon |
| October 8 - 10, 2005 | GNOME Boston Summit | (Gates Building)Cambridge, MA |
| October 8, 2005 | LinuxForum BOF-dag | Denmark |
| October 12 - 13, 2005 | IT Underground(ITU) | Warsaw, Poland |
| October 13 - 14, 2005 | Open Source Desktop Workshops | San Diego, CA |
| October 14 - 15, 2005 | HackLu 2005 | (Chambre des Metiers)Kirchberg, Luxembourg |
| October 14 - 16, 2005 | Blender Conference 2005 | (De Waag)Amsterdam, the Netherland |
| October 16 - 23, 2005 | piksel05 | Bergen, Norway |
| October 17 - 20, 2005 | O'Reilly European Open Source Convention 2005(EuroOSCON) | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| October 18 - 21, 2005 | Zend/PHP Conference and Expo 2005 | (Hyatt Regency SF Airport Hotel)Burlingame, CA |
| October 18, 2005 | Dynamic Languages Symposium 2005(DLS05) | San Diego, CA |
| October 19 - 21, 2005 | Australian Unix Users Group Conference 2005(AUUG) | Sydney, Australia |
| October 24 - 28, 2005 | 12th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference | (Red Lion Hotel)Portland, Oregon |
| October 30, 2005 - November 11, 2005 | Ubuntu Below Zero | (downtown Holiday Inn)Montreal, Canada |
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