Announcements
Brief items
FSF and Software Freedom Conservancy unveil Copyleft.org
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) have announced a new site called Copyleft.org that will play host to "useful information, tutorial material, and new policy ideas regarding all forms of copyleft licensing.
" The most prominent content at present is a comprehensive guide to the concept of copyleft and copyleft licenses. The announcement notes that the content is viable, among other things, as training material. "As the author, primary interpreter, and ultimate authority on the GPL, the FSF is in a unique position to provide insights into understanding free software licensing. While the guide as a living text will not automatically reflect official FSF positions, the FSF has already approved and published one version for use at its Seminar on GPL Enforcement and Legal Ethics in March 2014.
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GNOME gets GroupedOn
GroupOn, a sort of Internet sales discount coupon company has recently announced a point-of-sale tablet called "Gnome". The GNOME Foundation, by virtue of having used that name since the 1990's and having trademarked it in 2006, objects strongly to what it sees as a blatant infringement of its trademark. The organization is scrambling to file its opposition to GroupOn's new trademark filings, but that takes work — and money. So there is now a fund-raising effort in the works to help make this opposition happen. "Help us raise the funds to fight back and most of all call public attention to this terrible behavior by Groupon. Help us make sure that when people hear about GNOME software they learn about freedom and not proprietary software. Our counsel has advised us that we will need $80,000 to oppose the registration of the first set of 10 applications. If we are able to defend the mark without spending this amount, we will use the remaining funds to bolster and improve GNOME."
Update: according to Engadget, GroupOn says it wants to work things out, all the way to picking a new product name if necessary.
Another update: The GNOME Foundation reports that Groupon will abandon its pending trademarks and proceed with a name change.
Articles of interest
FSFE Newsletter – November 2014
The Free Software Foundation Europe's newsletter for November covers free software in Munich, EU wide open standards policy, open standard compliance checks, open internship positions, and several other topics.
Calls for Presentations
Python @ FOSDEM 2015 - Call For Proposals
The Python Devroom at FOSDEM (January 31-February 1 in Brussels, Belguim) will be open all day on January 31. The call for proposals is open until December 1.CFP Deadlines: November 13, 2014 to January 12, 2015
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 30 | January 13 | Linux.Conf.Au 2015 Systems Administration Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| December 1 | February 6 February 8 |
DevConf.cz | Brno, Czech Republic |
| December 1 | March 11 March 12 |
Vault Linux Storage and Filesystems Conference | Boston, MA, USA |
| December 7 | January 31 February 1 |
FOSDEM'15 Distribution Devroom/Miniconf | Brussels, Belgium |
| December 8 | February 18 February 20 |
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit | Santa Rosa, CA, USA |
| December 10 | February 19 February 22 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| December 14 | January 12 | LCA Kernel miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| December 17 | March 25 March 27 |
PGConf US 2015 | New York City, NY, USA |
| December 21 | January 10 January 11 |
NZ2015 mini-DebConf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| December 21 | January 12 | LCA2015 Debian Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| December 23 | March 13 March 15 |
FOSSASIA | Singapore |
| December 31 | March 17 March 19 |
OpenPOWER Summit | San Jose, CA, USA |
| January 1 | March 21 March 22 |
Kansas Linux Fest | Lawrence, Kansas, USA |
| January 2 | May 21 May 22 |
ScilabTEC 2015 | Paris, France |
| January 5 | January 12 | Linux.conf.au 2015 Multimedia and Music Miniconf | Auckland, New Zealand |
| January 5 | March 23 March 25 |
Android Builders Summit | San Jose, CA, USA |
| January 5 | February 11 February 12 |
Prague PostgreSQL Developer Days 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| January 9 | March 23 March 25 |
Embedded Linux Conference | San Jose, CA, USA |
| January 10 | May 16 May 17 |
11th Intl. Conf. on Open Source Systems | Florence, Italy |
| January 11 | March 12 March 14 |
Studencki Festiwal Informatyczny / Academic IT Festival | Cracow, Poland |
| January 11 | March 11 | Nordic PostgreSQL Day 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: November 13, 2014 to January 12, 2015
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 9 November 14 |
Large Installation System Administration | Seattle, WA, USA |
| November 10 November 14 |
21'th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| November 13 | Hackaday Munich | Munich, Germany |
| November 16 November 21 |
Supercomputing 14 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| November 17 November 21 |
ApacheCon Europe | Budapest, Hungary |
| November 18 November 20 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference | Nuremberg, Germany |
| November 19 November 21 |
CloudStack Collaboration Conference Europe | Budapest, Hungary |
| November 21 November 23 |
Debian Bug Squashing Party in Munich | Munich, Germany |
| November 22 November 23 |
AdaCamp Bangalore | Bangalore, India |
| November 25 | New Directions in Operating Systems | London, UK |
| November 29 November 30 |
OpenPhoenux Hard and Software Workshop | Munich, Germany |
| December 5 December 7 |
SciPy India | Bombay, India |
| December 27 December 30 |
31st Chaos Communication Congress | Hamburg, Germany |
| January 10 January 11 |
NZ2015 mini-DebConf | Auckland, New Zealand |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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