Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
Ardour project loses funding
The Ardour multi-track audio recorder project has announced a loss of corporate sponsorship. "SAE announced today that they will no longer sponsor the development of Ardour. This puts me (Paul, Ardours lead developer) in the position of being paid solely by the donations and subscriptions made by the Ardour community. This is obviously insufficient to support myself, let alone my family, so I am obviously looking for other opportunities to earn a living. Although I intend to try to improve the revenue that Ardour itself generates, this is unlikely to be sufficient for some time to come."
EFF calls on Federal Regulators to protect Consumers from DRM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on the Federal Trade Commission to mitigate damage caused to consumers by Digital Rights Management. "In public comments submitted to the FTC today, EFF explained how DRM, backed by the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), impedes innovation and thwarts consumers' rights to make full use of their digital music, movies, software, and videogames. EFF urged the commission to study DRM's effect on competition in the marketplace, investigate whether the effects of DRM are fully disclosed to consumers, and promote a set of "Best Practices" that, if followed, would help alleviate the burdens of DRM for consumers."
New GNOME desktop testing team announced
The GNOME Desktop Testing team has been launched. "We are proud to announce that a new GNOME team has been created, focused on desktop testing automation. If you have ever wondered how could you test your application writing scripts that mimic what a normal user would do, join us in this new effort. We have a mailing list, a wiki page with documentation and a SVN module with the initial work that we have done, but we need more people to get involve to make GNOME better and better."
New Books
Network Know-How--New from No Starch Press
No Starch Press has published the book Network Know-How by John Ross.
Resources
Python 2.6 Quick Reference available
A new Python 2.6 Quick Reference is available online. "The Python 2.6 Quick Reference is available in HTML and PDF formats at http://rgruet.free.fr/#QuickRef."
Meeting Minutes
Perl 6 Design Meeting Minutes (use Perl)
The minutes from the January 7, 2009 Perl 6 Design Meeting have been published. "The Perl 6 Design Team met by phone on 07 January 2009. Larry, Jerry, Allison, Patrick, Jesse, and chromatic attended."
Calls for Presentations
EuroDjangoCon '09 Venue and Keynotes
EuroDjangoCon '09 will take place in Prague, the Czech Republic on May 4-8. "We have also extended the conference by two days so that we can have sprints. The dates are now as follows: May 4th - 6th (Main conference) May 7th - 8th (Sprints) Call for participation ends on 1st March, so please ensure you have submitted your talk before then".
Upcoming Events
Announcing the Cloud Slam virtual conference
Cloud Slam 09 has been announced. "The world's leading experts and authorities in cloud computing to convene on April 20-24 at Cloud Slam 09 to analyze and uncover top trends and challenges."
Demonstrating Open-Source Healthcare Solutions 2009 Conference (LinuxMedNews)
The Demonstrating Open-Source Healthcare Solutions 2009 Conference has been announced. "Lend Your Voice to this Crucial Discussion as America Transitions to a New Era Arguably, the unique elements of the 2008/2009 recession combined with a change in administration and governing philosophy constitute a unique historical moment as demonstrated by ongoing events..." The event takes place on February 20 in Los Angeles, CA.
FSF announces LibrePlanet 2009 and annual meeting
The FSF annual meeting has been announced. "The Free Software Foundation has announced LibrePlanet 2009, an expansion of its traditional annual meeting to a two-day event. The event will be held in Cambridge, MA, on March 21st and March 22nd, 2009, and in addition to presentations from FSF staff and board members will include a full "unconference" day of work oriented toward progressing free network services and other areas important to the free software community as outlined on the FSF's High Priority Projects list."
PyCon 2009 takes Python to new places
PyCon 2009 registration is open, the event takes place in Chicago, IL on March 25 - April 2. "From hackathons in Africa to a neutrino detector at the South Pole; from massive multicore machines to tiny embedded wireless devices; and from mobile phones to distributed heterogeneous networks, talks at Pycon 2009 demonstrate how Python is being used in places and in ways that will startle even longtime Python users. Python continues to branch out across software platforms as well, with several talks covering the growing use of IronPython and Jython on the .NET and Java platforms."
SCALE Is almost here
The Southern California Linux Expo begins on February 20. "Free and Open Source software can save you money. Whether you're running a business or are a computer user, FOSS software is high-quality software that can be quite inexpensive. Smart organizations know that, and they come to SCALE, and sponsor SCALE. And because the FOSS community continues its vibrant growth unabated, there were more than enough organizations to fill the "dotORG" booths at this month's Expo: SCALE is full!"
SOA in Healthcare Conference (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has announced the SOA in Healthcare conference. "OMG, Health Level Seven (HL7), and the SOA Consortium announce the SOA in Healthcare: Value in a Time of Change, conference held June 2-4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency OHare in Chicago, IL. Registration details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-std."
uCon Security Conference speakers announced
The speaker lineup for the uCon Security Conference has been announced. "The conference will take place three days after the most insane street carnival in the world in Recife, Brazil, on 28th February 2009 and will also feature trainings sessions on 26th and 27th. If you are outside Brazil and plan to attend to uCon, please contact us if you need any assistance on your travel. Carnival and hacking in a row, rather unique. Don't miss the chance."
UKUUG - Google Bursaries for attendees at Spring 2009
Google has announced the availability of grants for the UKUUG conference. "Google, as part of Google's ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to announce the 2009 Google UKUUG Student/Developer Conference Grant to encourage more female computer scientists to attend and participate in the UKUUG 2009 Conference, 24-26 March, London."
Events: February 19, 2009 to April 20, 2009
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 16 February 19 |
Black Hat DC Briefings 2009 | Washington, D.C., USA |
| February 20 | Demonstrating Open-Source Health Care Solutions | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| February 20 February 22 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| February 24 February 26 |
VMworld Europe 2009 | Cannes, France |
| February 25 February 27 |
German Perl Workshop | Frankfurt Main, Germany |
| February 27 | PHP UK Conference | London, UK |
| February 28 | Belgian Perl Workshop | Leuven, Belgium |
| February 28 | uCon Security Conference | Recife, Brazil |
| March 1 March 4 |
Global Ignite week | Online |
| March 3 March 8 |
CeBIT 2009 | Hanover, Germany |
| March 4 March 7 |
DrupalCon DC 2009 | Washington D.C., USA |
| March 6 | Dutch Perl Workshop | Arnhem, The Netherlands |
| March 7 | Ukrainian Perl Workshop 2009 | Kiev, Ukraine |
| March 8 March 11 |
Bossa Conference 2009 | Recife, Brazil |
| March 9 March 13 |
Advanced Ruby on Rails Bootcamp with Charles B. Quinn | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| March 9 March 12 |
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference | San Jose, CA, USA |
| March 12 March 15 |
Pingwinaria 2009 - Polish Linux User Group Conference | Spala, Poland |
| March 14 | OpenNMS User Conference (Europe) 2009 | Frankfurt Main, Germany |
| March 14 March 15 |
Chemnitzer Linux Tage 2009 | Chemnitz, Germany |
| March 16 March 20 |
Android Bootcamp with Mark Murphy | Atlanta, USA |
| March 16 March 20 |
CanSecWest Vancouver 2009 | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| March 18 | Linuxwochen Österreich - Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| March 21 March 22 |
Libre Planet 2009 | Cambridge, MA, USA |
| March 23 March 27 |
iPhone Bootcamp | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| March 23 April 3 |
Google Summer of Code '09 Student Application Period | online, USA |
| March 23 March 27 |
ApacheCon Europe 2009 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| March 24 March 26 |
UKUUG Spring 2009 Conference | London, England |
| March 25 March 29 |
PyCon 2009 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| March 27 March 29 |
Free Software and Beyond The World of Peer Production | Manchester, UK |
| March 28 | Open Knowledge Conference 2009 | London, UK |
| March 31 April 2 |
Solutions Linux France | Paris, France |
| March 31 April 3 |
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| April 3 April 5 |
PostgreSQL Conference: East 09 | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| April 3 April 4 |
Flourish Conference | Chicago, IL, USA |
| April 6 April 8 |
CELF Embedded Linux Conference | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| April 6 April 7 |
Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| April 8 April 10 |
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| April 14 | OpenClinica European Summit | Brussels, Belgium |
| April 15 | Linuxwochen Österreich - Krems | Krems, Austria |
| April 16 April 17 |
Nordic Perl Workshop 2009 | Oslo, Norway |
| April 16 April 19 |
Linux Audio Conference 2009 | Parma, Italy |
| April 16 April 18 |
Linuxwochen Austria - Wien | Wien, Austria |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Web sites
Announcing the OpenProofs Wiki
The OpenProofs Wiki site has been launched. "A new site, "http://www.openproofs.org/", has been set up to encourage the development of "open proofs". The site defines "open proofs" as "software or a system where all of the following are free-libre / open source software (FLOSS): * the entire implementation * automatically-verifiable proof(s) of at least one key property, and * required tools (for use and modification)"".
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