Announcements

DECLARATION of INTERNET FREEDOM

The DECLARATION of INTERNET FREEDOM is gathering signatures from organizations that support Internet Freedom. "We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. To keep the Internet free and open, we call on communities, industries and countries to recognize these principles. We believe that they will help to bring about more creativity, more innovation and more open societies." (Thanks to Paul Wise)

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With anti-shill order, Google/Oracle judge enters "uncharted territory" (ars technica)

Ars technica looks at an interesting order made by Oracle v. Google judge William Alsup (Groklaw also covers the order). In it, he asks both parties to produce a list of "print or internet authors, journalists, commentators or bloggers who have and/or may publish comments on the issues in this case" that "received money (other than normal subscription fees) from the party or its counsel" by August 17. "'I wonder if it produces too much information,' [Public Citizen attorney Paul Alan] Levy said. If taken literally, Google and Oracle could produce an extraordinarily long list of names, most of whom have only tangential connections to the software giants. Levy notes that the firms are not required to give details on how and why the funds were provided—the kind of context that would be needed to figure out which relationships raised ethical questions." One suspects that one or both parties will appeal the order.

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SCO files for chapter 7 (Groklaw)

Groklaw reports that the SCO group has filed for chapter 7 liquidation. "I will try my best to translate the legalese for you: the money is almost all gone, so it's not fun any more. SCO can't afford Chapter 11. We want to shut the costs down, because we'll never get paid. But it'd look stupid to admit the whole thing was ridiculous and SCO never had a chance to reorganize through its fantasy litigation hustle. Besides, Ralph Yarro and the other shareholders might sue. So they want the litigation to continue to swing in the breeze, just in case."

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Call For Proposals XDC2012

The 2012 X.Org Developers Conference takes place in Nürnberg, Germany, September 19-21. The call for proposals ends August 15. "While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.org and FreeDesktop.org developers are encouraged."

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3rd Call For Papers, Tcl'2012

The 19th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference will take place November 12-16, 2012 in Chicago, IL. The call for papers ends August 27. "The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions)."

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LF Announces Automotive Linux Summit

The Linux Foundation has announced the keynote presentations for the Automotive Linux Summit, taking place September 19-20, 2012 in Gaydon/Warwickshire, UK. "Attendees will collaborate on how to use Linux and open source software in automotive applications ranging from in-vehicle, on-board systems to cloud solutions for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications."

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First-Ever Korea Linux Forum

The Korea Linux Forum will take place October 11-12, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. "The Korea Linux Forum will bring together a unique blend of top regional and international talent, including core kernel developers, to collaborate with software developers in Korea and increase participation. It is designed to facilitate in-person collaboration and to support future interaction between Korea and other Asia-Pacific countries and the rest of the global Linux community."

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Events: August 9, 2012 to October 8, 2012

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

Date(s)	Event	Location
August 8 August 10	21st USENIX Security Symposium	Bellevue, WA, USA
August 18 August 19	PyCon Australia 2012	Hobart, Tasmania
August 20 August 22	YAPC::Europe 2012 in Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt/Main, Germany
August 20 August 21	Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters	Taipei, Taiwan
August 25	Debian Day 2012 Costa Rica	San José, Costa Rica
August 27 August 28	XenSummit North America 2012	San Diego, CA, USA
August 27 August 28	GStreamer conference	San Diego, CA, USA
August 27 August 29	Kernel Summit	San Diego, CA, USA
August 28 August 30	Ubuntu Developer Week	IRC
August 29 August 31	2012 Linux Plumbers Conference	San Diego, CA, USA
August 29 August 31	LinuxCon North America	San Diego, CA, USA
August 30 August 31	Linux Security Summit	San Diego, CA, USA
August 31 September 2	Electromagnetic Field	Milton Keynes, UK
September 1 September 2	Kiwi PyCon 2012	Dunedin, New Zealand
September 1 September 2	VideoLAN Dev Days 2012	Paris, France
September 1	Panel Discussion Indonesia Linux Conference 2012	Malang, Indonesia
September 3 September 8	DjangoCon US	Washington, DC, USA
September 3 September 4	Foundations of Open Media Standards and Software	Paris, France
September 4 September 5	Magnolia Conference 2012	Basel, Switzerland
September 8 September 9	Hardening Server Indonesia Linux Conference 2012	Malang, Indonesia
September 10 September 13	International Conference on Open Source Systems	Hammamet, Tunisia
September 14 September 16	Debian Bug Squashing Party	Berlin, Germany
September 14 September 21	Debian FTPMaster sprint	Fulda, Germany
September 14 September 16	KPLI Meeting Indonesia Linux Conference 2012	Malang, Indonesia
September 15 September 16	Bitcoin Conference	London, UK
September 15 September 16	PyTexas 2012	College Station, TX, USA
September 17 September 19	Postgres Open	Chicago, IL, USA
September 17 September 20	SNIA Storage Developers' Conference	Santa Clara, CA, USA
September 18 September 21	SUSECon	Orlando, Florida, US
September 19 September 20	Automotive Linux Summit 2012	Gaydon/Warwickshire, UK
September 19 September 21	2012 X.Org Developer Conference	Nürnberg, Germany
September 21	Kernel Recipes	Paris, France
September 21 September 23	openSUSE Summit	Orlando, FL, USA
September 24 September 25	OpenCms Days	Cologne, Germany
September 24 September 27	GNU Radio Conference	Atlanta, USA
September 27 September 29	YAPC::Asia	Tokyo, Japan
September 27 September 28	PuppetConf	San Francisco, US
September 28 September 30	Ohio LinuxFest 2012	Columbus, OH, USA
September 28 September 30	PyCon India 2012	Bengaluru, India
September 28 October 1	PyCon UK 2012	Coventry, West Midlands, UK
September 28	LPI Forum	Warsaw, Poland
October 2 October 4	Velocity Europe	London, England
October 4 October 5	PyCon South Africa 2012	Cape Town, South Africa
October 5 October 6	T3CON12	Stuttgart, Germany
October 6 October 8	GNOME Boston Summit 2012	Cambridge, MA, USA

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