New Copyright Laws in New Zealand
Mar 12, 2009Activist group LinuxChix is warning of threats to Linux and open-source posed by new copyright laws in New Zealand. The proposed laws threaten to force ISPs to disconnect users and close websites accused of copyright infringement.
more »SCALE 7x: DOHCS Conference A report from the Demonstrating Open Source Healthcare Solution Conference
Mar 02, 2009Self-contained pre-conferences marked day zero at the seventh annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), including the Women In Open Source (WIOS) conference, Open Source Software In Education (OSSIE), a Fedora activity day, two training tracks, and a Zenoss community day. One mini-conference grew large enough to spin off as a self-contained entity: the Demonstrating Open Source Healthcare Solution (DOHCS) conference, now in its third year, examined the comparatively low-profile work undertaken in the medical field.
more »CeBIT 2009: BITKOM Set on Green IT
Mar 02, 2009The Green IT theme has its definite place at CeBIT 2009, with a true defender. The BITKOM German industry association is launching the Green IT World forum on Tuesday, March 3, in Hannover.
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Feb 28, 2009Free Software Projects An up-to-date overview of free software and its makers
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more »Event Report: SCALE 7x A look back at the seventh annual Southern California Linux Expo
Feb 27, 2009The seventh annual Southern California Linux Expo, held February 20-22, included a wide variety of talks on open source projects, system administration, and software development from luminaries in the open source community. This year’s conference was larger than ever and included keynotes from Bradley Kuhn, President of Software Freedom Conservancy, and Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier, openSUSE's Community Manager. Kuhn talked about concerns with Software as a Service (a.k.a. the cloud), and Brockmeier discussed ways to improve the reach of an open source project.
more »Helping Devils at Linux.conf.au
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more »Live from Down Under: Report from Linux.conf.au 2009
Jan 21, 2009For FOSS fans, there's no better place to be this week than Hobart, state capitol of the Australian state Tasmania. That's where Linux.conf.au 2009 is being held through Saturday, January 24.
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