Announcements
Brief items
A Core Infrastructure Initiative announcement
The Linux Foundation has put out a press release describing the evolution of its new "Core Infrastructure Initiative," which directs funding to developers of projects deemed to be both critical and short of resources. The first projects to be funded will be OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and the network time protocol (NTP) implementation. The steering committee for the initiative has been picked; it includes Alan Cox, Eben Moglen, Bruce Schneier, and Ted Ts'o. And a few more companies (Adobe, Bloomberg, HP, Huawei and salesforce.com) have added their support to the program.
Articles of interest
EFF: Hacking the Patent System: A Guide to Alternative Patent Licensing for Innovators
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced a new guide to alternative patent licensing [PDF] that was prepared by Marta Belcher and John Casey, students in the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property & Innovation Clinic at Stanford Law School, in partnership with the EFF, Engine, and the Open Invention Network. It looks at the pros and cons of several defensive patent aggregators as well as various patent pledges. The EFF hopes it will be a "useful starting place for companies trying to navigate the patent landscape".
FSF statement on Court of Appeals ruling in Oracle v Google
The Free Software Foundation has issued a statement on recent developments in Oracle v. Google. "On May 9, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed Judge Alsup's 2012 ruling that Oracle wasn't entitled to copyright control for a large portion of the Java API, copies of which Oracle alleged appeared in Google's Android development libraries. Judge Alsup's decision originally clarified Google's right to continue unabated in its distribution and development of the Android development libraries that were similar to Java's. The Federal Circuit has now ruled in Oracle's favor, which has reintroduced confusion and uncertainty on this issue. The case is now remanded back to the district court to determine whether or not Google will succeed in using a "fair use" defense regarding the alleged copyright infringement."
Tehnoetic wireless USB adapter now FSF-certified to respect your freedom
The Free Software Foundation has awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the Tehnoetic TET-N150 wireless USB adapter. "The RYF certification mark is awarded to products that meet the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy."
FSFE: 32 Free Software Pact supporters elected to the European Parliament
The Free Software Foundation Europe notes that recent European elections have have brought 32 Free Software supporters into the new European Parliament. "Candidates across the political spectrum signed the Free Software Pact, promising to support Free Software and Open Standards during their time in Parliament. Out of 162 signatories, 32 were elected"
New Books
Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS & HTML5, 3rd Edition--New from O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media has released "Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS & HTML5, 3rd Edition", by Robin Nixon.
Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: June 5, 2014 to August 4, 2014
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 6 | September 22 September 23 |
Open Source Backup Conference | Köln, Germany |
| June 6 | June 10 June 12 |
Ubuntu Online Summit 06-2014 | online, online |
| June 20 | August 18 August 19 |
Linux Security Summit 2014 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| June 30 | November 18 November 20 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference | Nuremberg, Germany |
| July 1 | September 5 September 7 |
BalCCon 2k14 | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| July 4 | October 31 November 2 |
Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| July 5 | November 7 November 9 |
Jesień Linuksowa | Szczyrk, Poland |
| July 7 | August 23 August 31 |
Debian Conference 2014 | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 11 | October 13 October 15 |
CloudOpen Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 11 | October 13 October 15 |
Embedded Linux Conference Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 11 | October 13 October 15 |
LinuxCon Europe | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 11 | October 15 October 17 |
Linux Plumbers Conference | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 14 | August 15 August 17 |
GNU Hackers' Meeting 2014 | Munich, Germany |
| July 15 | October 24 October 25 |
Firebird Conference 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| July 20 | January 12 January 16 |
linux.conf.au 2015 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| July 21 | October 21 October 24 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2014 | Madrid, Spain |
| July 24 | October 6 October 8 |
Qt Developer Days 2014 Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| July 24 | October 24 October 26 |
Ohio LinuxFest 2014 | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| July 25 | September 22 September 23 |
Lustre Administrators and Developers workshop | Reims, France |
| July 27 | October 14 October 16 |
KVM Forum 2014 | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 27 | October 24 October 25 |
Seattle GNU/Linux Conference | Seattle, WA, USA |
| July 30 | October 16 October 17 |
GStreamer Conference | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| July 31 | October 23 October 24 |
Free Software and Open Source Symposium | Toronto, Canada |
| August 1 | August 4 | CentOS Dojo Cologne, Germany | Cologne, Germany |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
First Set of Microconferences Approved for LPC 2014
The first set of microconferences for the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) has been approved. "The LPC 2014 committee has started reviewing and approving this year’s Microconferences Proposals. The approved microconferences so far are Containers, Wayland, Network Virtualization and Security, and Wireless Networking. For details on each of the approved microconferences and the currently pending proposals, please see the LPC 2014 wiki." The first in a series of posts covering the microconferences has also been posted; it looks at the Containers microconference. LPC will be held October 15-17 in Düsseldorf, Germany, co-located with LinuxCon Europe.
Events: June 5, 2014 to August 4, 2014
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 9 June 10 |
Erlang User Conference 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| June 9 June 10 |
DockerCon | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| June 10 June 12 |
Ubuntu Online Summit 06-2014 | online, online |
| June 10 June 11 |
Distro Recipes 2014 - canceled | Paris, France |
| June 13 June 14 |
Texas Linux Fest 2014 | Austin, TX, USA |
| June 13 June 15 |
State of the Map EU 2014 | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| June 13 June 15 |
DjangoVillage | Orvieto, Italy |
| June 17 June 20 |
2014 USENIX Federated Conferences Week | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| June 19 June 20 |
USENIX Annual Technical Conference | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| June 20 June 22 |
SouthEast LinuxFest | Charlotte, NC, USA |
| June 21 June 28 |
YAPC North America | Orlando, FL, USA |
| June 21 June 22 |
AdaCamp Portland | Portland, OR, USA |
| June 23 June 24 |
LF Enterprise End User Summit | New York, NY, USA |
| June 24 June 27 |
Open Source Bridge | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 1 July 2 |
Automotive Linux Summit | Tokyo, Japan |
| July 5 July 11 |
Libre Software Meeting | Montpellier, France |
| July 5 July 6 |
Tails HackFest 2014 | Paris, France |
| July 6 July 12 |
SciPy 2014 | Austin, Texas, USA |
| July 8 | CHAR(14) | near Milton Keynes, UK |
| July 9 | PGDay UK | near Milton Keynes, UK |
| July 14 July 16 |
2014 Ottawa Linux Symposium | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 18 July 20 |
GNU Tools Cauldron 2014 | Cambridge, England, UK |
| July 19 July 20 |
Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| July 20 July 24 |
OSCON 2014 | Portland, OR, USA |
| July 21 July 27 |
EuroPython 2014 | Berlin, Germany |
| July 26 August 1 |
Gnome Users and Developers Annual Conference | Strasbourg, France |
| August 1 August 3 |
PyCon Australia | Brisbane, Australia |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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