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Boxee GPLv3 violation alleged

Here's a web site with a lengthy sermon on how D-Link's Boxee Box device is allegedly violating the GPL. Such violations are not generally noteworthy, but this one, if true, is interesting in that it involves GPLv3-licensed software and a user's ability to install new versions. Companies which sell locked-down devices usually go well out of their way to avoid GPLv3-licensed software; it seems that one package (GPG) may have slipped through in this case. We may be about to see the first (known) attempt to enforce the new provisions in GPLv3.

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The Document Foundation: What we strive for

The Document Foundation has put out a brief blog posting, seemingly in reaction to Oracle's announcement about OpenOffice.org. It reiterates the existing plans for LibreOffice and the foundation:

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Igalia Joins Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation has announced that Igalia is its newest member. "Igalia is an open source development company that offers consultancy services for desktop, mobile and web technologies. Igalia developers maintain and contribute code to a variety of open source projects, including GNOME, WebKit, MeeGo, the Linux kernel, freedesktop.org, Gstreamer and Qt. Igalia has experience helping other companies contribute to upstream projects and take advantage of the open source development process."

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Changes to the Novell patent deal

The US Department of Justice has put out a press release describing some changes to the CPTN patent deal (part of the Novell acquisition) meant to minimize the adverse effects on free software. Unfortunately, it's not entirely clear what those changes mean. "All of the Novell patents will be acquired subject to the GNU General Public License, Version 2, a widely adopted open-source license, and the Open Invention Network (OIN) License, a significant license for the Linux System." (Thanks to Armijn Hemel).

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Apple files patent suit against Samsung (All Things Digital)

All Things Digital reports that Apple has filed suit against Samsung, alleging patent and trademark violations. "'It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging,' an Apple representative told Mobilized. 'This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.'"

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Ride the Firefox development wave with Aurora pre-release builds (ars technica)

Ars technica covers Mozilla's launch of Aurora, a new release channel for Firefox that will be more robust than the nightly builds, but still aimed at testers and early adopters. "Users can expect to see updated Aurora builds issued roughly every six weeks. Mozilla will do a small amount of quality assurance prior to rolling out the updates in order to ensure basic reliability. In addition to being useful for testers and very-early adopters, the Aurora channel will also be useful to Web developers who want to experiment with implementations of the latest emerging Web standards."

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MeeGo sees interest from others after Nokia shift (Reuters)

Here's a brief Reuters item stating that some handset vendors are becoming more interested in MeeGo. "[Valtteri] Halla, who worked for years on Nokia's Linux software and swapped to Intel following Nokia's announcement, said Nokia's dominant role in the project had held back other phone makers from adopting the technology. This week LG Electronics joined a working group to develop a handset version of the software, joining companies like ZTE and China Mobile, Halla said."

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LAC 2011 program is online.

The program for the Linux Audio Conference has been posted. LAC takes place May 6-8, 2011 in Maynooth, Ireland. "If you can not make it to Maynooth: live streams will be available during the conference and the recordings and papers will also be published online afterward."

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Libre Graphics Meeting 2011

Libre Graphics Meeting will be held May 10-13, 2011 in Montreal, Canada. The LGM team is looking for financial support to help pay travel costs for developers and artists. "The main event is completely free thanks to our community fundraising campaign and sponsors."

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LinuxCon Lineup (Linux.com)

The Linux Foundation has announced the keynote speakers for LinuxCon North America. This year the conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada, August 17-19, 2011. "We still have a few surprises left to announce, including special guests in honor of the 20th anniversary gala. Also, we want *you* to speak. Please consider submitting a talk on technical, business, legal or cultural issues in the Linux and open source world. The CFP closes soon and I want to include every great talk on Linux in the universe . . . but I need you to submit."

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PyCon Australia 2011: registrations now open

Registrations are open for PyCon Australia 2011, August 20-21, in Sydney, Australia. "We offer three levels of registration for PyCon Australia 2011. Registration provides access to two full days of technical content presented by Python enthusiasts from around the country, as well as the new classroom track and a seat at the conference dinner."

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Events: April 28, 2011 to June 27, 2011

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

Date(s)	Event	Location
April 26 April 29	OpenStack Conference and Design Summit	Santa Clara, CA, USA
April 28 April 29	Puppet Camp EU 2011: Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 29	Ottawa IPv6 Summit 2011	Ottawa, Canada
April 29 April 30	Professional IT Community Conference 2011	New Brunswick, NJ, USA
April 30 May 1	LinuxFest Northwest	Bellingham, Washington, USA
May 3 May 6	Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2011	Boston, MA, USA
May 4 May 5	ASoC and Embedded ALSA Conference	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
May 5 May 7	Linuxwochen Österreich - Wien	Wien, Austria
May 6 May 8	Linux Audio Conference 2011	Maynooth, Ireland
May 9 May 11	SambaXP	Göttingen, Germany
May 9 May 10	OpenCms Days 2011 Conference and Expo	Cologne, Germany
May 9 May 13	Linaro Development Summit	Budapest, Hungary
May 9 May 13	Ubuntu Developer Summit	Budapest, Hungary
May 10 May 13	Libre Graphics Meeting	Montreal, Canada
May 10 May 12	Solutions Linux Open Source 2011	Paris, France
May 11 May 14	LinuxTag - International conference on Free Software and Open Source	Berlin, Germany
May 12	NLUUG Spring Conference 2011	ReeHorst, Ede, Netherlands
May 12 May 15	Pingwinaria 2011 - Polish Linux User Group Conference	Spala, Poland
May 12 May 14	Linuxwochen Österreich - Linz	Linz, Austria
May 16 May 19	PGCon - PostgreSQL Conference for Users and Developers	Ottawa, Canada
May 16 May 19	RailsConf 2011	Baltimore, MD, USA
May 20 May 21	Linuxwochen Österreich - Eisenstadt	Eisenstadt, Austria
May 21	UKUUG OpenTech 2011	London, United Kingdom
May 23 May 25	MeeGo Conference San Francisco 2011	San Francisco, USA
June 1 June 3	Workshop Python for High Performance and Scientific Computing	Tsukuba, Japan
June 1	Informal meeting at IRILL on weaknesses of scripting languages	Paris, France
June 1 June 3	LinuxCon Japan 2011	Yokohama, Japan
June 3 June 5	Open Help Conference	Cincinnati, OH, USA
June 6 June 10	DjangoCon Europe	Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 10 June 12	Southeast LinuxFest	Spartanburg, SC, USA
June 13 June 15	Linux Symposium'2011	Ottawa, Canada
June 15 June 17	2011 USENIX Annual Technical Conference	Portland, OR, USA
June 20 June 26	EuroPython 2011	Florence, Italy
June 21 June 24	Open Source Bridge	Portland, OR, USA

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