Events: August 1 - September 26, 2002
| August 1 - 2, 2002 | 3rd annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference(BOSC 2002) | Edmonton, Canada |
| August 2 - 4, 2002 | International Conference on Open Source 2002, Taipei | (Academic Sinica)Taipei, Taiwan |
| August 12 - 15, 2002 | Linux World Conference & Expo | (Moscone Center)San Francisco, California |
| August 24 - 31, 2002 | Linux Beer Hike | (Russell Community Centre)Doolin, Co. Clare |
| August 27, 2002 | Seattle Ruby Brigade Meeting | Seattle, Washington |
| September 11 - 13, 2002 | Open source GIS - GRASS users conference 2002(GRASS) | (Centro Servizi Culturali S. Chiara)Trento, Italy |
| September 18 - 20, 2002 | Yet Another Perl Conference Europe 2002(YAPC::Europe 2002) | Munich, Germany |