Announcements
Brief items
Eulogy for Pieter Hintjens
Pieter Hintjens passed away last October. "Pieter was known mostly for founding the ZeroMQ project but he was also an ambitious fighter for the open source philosophy, an active opponent to software patents and an inspiring and keen thinker on open systems of all kind." (Thanks to Viktor Horvath)
Articles of interest
Free Software Supporter Issue 105, January 2017
This edition of the Free Software Foundation's newsletter covers LibrePlanet, licensing resource series, Licensing and Compliance Lab interviews Björn Schießle, and several other topics.EFF: The Patent Troll Abides
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a review of patent lawsuits in 2016. "We saw mixed results in the courts this year. The Supreme Court issued a good decision cutting back on out of control damages in design patent cases. Meanwhile, the Federal Circuit issued a very disappointing decision that allows patent owners to undermine ownership by asserting patent rights even after selling a patented good. Fortunately, the Supreme Court has agreed to review that ruling. We will file an amicus brief supporting the fundamental principle that once you buy something, you own it."
7 notable legal developments in open source in 2016 (opensource.com)
Richard Fontana reviews legal development in 2016 on opensource.com. "The Federal Source Code Policy is notable for placing emphasis on adhering to proper standards for open development as well as open source licensing. Agencies releasing open source code are directed to do so in a manner that encourages engagement with existing communities, fosters growth of new communities, and facilitates contribution both by the community to the federal code and by federal employees and contractors to upstream projects."
Calls for Presentations
FOSSASIA'17 Kernel Track: Call for Speakers
The FOSSASIA 2017 Kernel Track is seeking speakers to submit abstracts for presentations. FOSSAsia will take place March 17-19 in Singapore. The call for speakers has been extended until January 20.CFP Deadlines: January 5, 2017 to March 6, 2017
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | July 16 July 23 |
CoderCruise | New Orleans et. al., USA/Caribbean |
| January 8 | March 11 March 12 |
Chemnitzer Linux-Tage | Chemnitz, Germany |
| January 11 | February 15 February 16 |
Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| January 13 | May 22 May 24 |
Container Camp AU | Sydney, Australia |
| January 14 | March 22 March 23 |
Vault | Cambridge, MA, USA |
| January 20 | March 17 March 19 |
FOSS Asia | Singapore, Singapore |
| January 31 | May 16 May 18 |
Open Source Data Center Conference 2017 | Berlin, Germany |
| February 6 | May 8 May 11 |
OpenStack Summit | Boston, MA, USA |
| February 12 | June 9 June 10 |
Hong Kong Open Source Conference 2017 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| February 18 | March 18 | Open Source Days Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| February 24 | June 26 June 29 |
Postgres Vision | Boston, MA, USA |
| February 26 | April 3 April 4 |
Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel Summit | Pisa, Italy |
| February 27 | April 6 April 8 |
Netdev 2.1 | Montreal, Canada |
| February 28 | May 18 May 20 |
Linux Audio Conference | Saint-Etienne, France |
| February 28 | May 2 May 4 |
samba eXPerience 2017 | Goettingen, Germany |
| March 1 | May 6 May 7 |
LinuxFest Northwest | Bellingham, WA, USA |
| March 4 | May 31 June 2 |
Open Source Summit Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
LibrePlanet 2017 keynote announcement
The Free Software Foundation has announced that Cory Doctorow will be a keynote speaker at LibrePlanet, which takes place March 26 in Cambridge, MA. His talk will be about killing DRM.Events: January 5, 2017 to March 6, 2017
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 16 | Linux.Conf.Au 2017 Sysadmin Miniconf | Hobart, Tas, Australia |
| January 16 January 17 |
LCA Kernel Miniconf | Hobart, Australia |
| January 16 January 20 |
linux.conf.au 2017 | Hobart, Australia |
| January 18 January 19 |
WikiToLearnConf India | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| January 27 January 29 |
DevConf.cz 2017 | Brno, Czech Republic |
| February 2 February 3 |
Git Merge 2017 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 4 February 5 |
FOSDEM 2017 | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 7 February 9 |
AnacondaCON | Austin, TX, USA |
| February 14 February 16 |
Open Source Leadership Summit | Lake Tahoe, CA, USA |
| February 15 February 16 |
Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| February 17 | Swiss Python Summit | Rapperswil, Switzerland |
| February 18 February 19 |
PyCaribbean | Bayamón, Puerto Rico, USA |
| February 20 February 24 |
OpenStack Project Teams Gathering | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| February 21 February 23 |
OpenIoT Summit | Portland, OR, USA |
| February 21 February 23 |
Embedded Linux Conference | Portland, OR, USA |
| March 2 March 3 |
PGConf India 2017 | Bengaluru, India |
| March 2 March 5 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Pasadena, CA, USA |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
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