CopyNight New York

CopyNight is a monthly social gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law. We meet over drinks once a month in many cities to discuss new developments and build social ties between artists, engineers, filmmakers, academics, lawyers, and many others.

Please join us at Vig Bar at 12 Spring St. at the corner of Elizabeth in Nolita.

Date and Time: 2010-06-29 19:00

Ohio LinuxFest

Free and Open Source Software Conference and Expo – Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio LinuxFest is a conference for the Free and Open Source software communities. Featuring talks by authoritative speakers, a large expo, tutorials, and more, the Ohio LinuxFest welcomes Free and Open Source Source professionals and enthusiasts of all ages and from all places to join us as we celebrate a free world with open source.

Date and Time: September 10-12, 2010

The Next HOPE

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. There have been seven conferences to date: HOPE, Beyond HOPE, H2K, H2K2, The Fifth HOPE, HOPE Number Six, and The Last HOPE.

The Next HOPE is scheduled for July 16-18, 2010 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.

Date and Time: July 16-18, 2010

OSCON 2010

At OSCON, you’ll participate in hundreds of sessions covering open source languages and platforms, practical tutorials that go deep into technical skill and best practices, inspirational keynote presentations, an Expo Hall featuring dozens of the latest projects and products, fun networking events and activities, and the best “hallway track” around.  In Oregon, USA.

See http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010

Date and Time: July 19 – 23, 2010

San Francisco Bay Area Geeknic

The folks at Gidget Kitchen have planned the first geeknic for the San Francisco Bay Area!

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time: 12:30 til 5:30pm

Location: Heather Farms Park – Walnut Creek

Once you are in the park, follow the penguin signs.

If you need a ride from BART email INFO <at> GIDGETKITCHEN <dot> ORG ahead of time or call Mark at (510) 228-4646

Free to attend, bring a dish – it would be nice to let people know ahead of time what you are bringing. Either post on the wiki or on the Facebook Page.

• The park has picnic tables, a few extra chairs would be bonus.
• We have 2 extra tables
• There are built-in grills. We’ll have at least one extra.
• We have one sun canopy and a few large umbrellas to protect anybody from bursting in to flames or getting sunburned. We welcome any other sun protection that you may be able to bring.

Heather Farms is a great location. Many things to do there. Nice gardens nearby, birds to feed, etc. We can also throw a frisbee or use the redball to play a game of kickball.

PG East 2010

Bridging the gap between the builders of the world’s most advanced open source database with those who use it to solve critical business problems.

PG East 2010 will be held March 25-28 in historic Philadelphia, PA.

Registration is now open.

This year promises to be an exciting and groundbreaking conference for the Postgres community. This year’s show is focused on bringing together those who build Postgres with those who use it. In addition to the core technical sessions, trainings, tutorials and labs, we are building on this foundation with case studies and end-user sessions on how organizations are solving real problems using Postgres.

Featured speakers this year include talks by the Federal Aviation Administration, Vonage, Bruce Momjian, Josh Drake, Dave Page and many more.

The educational and social opportunities will be a great way to bring the wider Postgres ecosystem together.

Date: 25th March – 28th March

http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/nav-pg-east-2010.do

Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conf. Philadelphia.

The 5th Annual Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference is fast approaching. Register today to be a part of the premier event for developers, architects, and IT executives. Subjects as expansive and intricate as emerging technology and Open Source require a dynamic forum. This conference provides just that, with industry experts providing up-to-the-minute insight.

ETE 2010 brings together pioneers across the spectrum to discuss the principles, practices, and products that are transforming IT’s ability to drive the success of the enterprise.

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Date: 8th April – 9th April 2010

http://phillyemergingtech.com/

LibrePlanet 2010 free software community conference

The LibrePlanet Conference will be held March 19th-21st in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Harvard University Science Center.

“LibrePlanet 2010 will be a great chance for both new and experienced free software users to learn about the latest developments with the GNU operating system; participate in workshops, presentations, and lightning talks about key free software projects; discuss practical steps in free software advocacy; and collaborate with others at the conference on code and activism,” said FSF’s executive director Peter Brown.

As part of the event, the FSF will also be organizing the first US edition of the GNU Hackers’ Meetings that GNU maintainers and contributors have been hosting in Europe since 2007. Prominent GNU contributors already planning to come to the conference include Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Gilmore, Emacs maintainer Chong Yidong, GNU Scientific Library maintainer Brian Gough, and GNU LibreDWG maintainers Felipe Sanches and Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva.

Gilmore will also be giving a keynote speech to the full conference along with FSF president Richard Stallman. Further details about the schedule of presentations will be announced in the coming weeks, and will emphasize a track highlighting women’s participation in free software.

The FSF is expanding the conference this year from two days to three to facilitate the GNU Hackers’ Meeting and to add more time for collaboration on code and free software activism projects among attendees. Speaker proposals for workshops, presentations or lighting talks will be accepted until January 31st.”

Date: 19th March – 21st March 2010

http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2010

Screening of “Revolution OS”

The New Jersey Linux User’s group would like to announce the presentation of the film “Revolution OS” at the Darress Theatre in Boonton NJ on Wednesday, March 31st 2010.

Revolution OS is a documentary detailing the roots of the Free Software and Open Source movements that resulted in Linux, as well as many other free software projects.

From the Revolution OS website:

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said “Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. “Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and rightly so. GNU/Linux and the Open Source & Free Software movements arguably represent the greatest threat to Microsoft’s way of life. Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film in Silicon Valley, REVOLUTION OS tracks down the key movers and shakers behind Linux, and finds out how and why Linux became such a potent threat.

REVOLUTION OS features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda.

The movie will be shown at 7:30 pm with a brief question and answer session afterward.

With the permission of the director, The showing is free of charge, but there will be a collection (amount of your choice) to cover the costs of the theatre. All additional proceeds will be donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Free Software Foundation.

Copies of various GNU/Linux distributions and other free software will be available at no charge after the showing as well.

If you plan on joining us, please RSVP with your name (no need for registration or email). We would like to have a rough idea of attendance. You do not need to RSVP to come. There will be enough room for everyone.

Any questions can be directed to BobM@NJlinux.org

More details can be found at http://njlinux.org/movie

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 31, 2010  @19:30

Remix Computing with Open Source Software – USA

Millersville University in Millersville (near Lancaster) is hosting an event called Open Options: Remix Computing with Open Source Software.

The event is designed to introduce students and faculty to the concept and philosophy of open source software. It will consist of approximately a 1 hour round table discussion on Open Source and approximately 1 hour of casual demonstrations, discussion and questions (think: tables with demos, people wandering around, cookies, coffee, chat).

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/MillersvilleUniversityFOSS2010

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Time: 7-9PM (may run later, depending on attendee questions and interest)

Location: Millersville University’s Ganser Library, 4th floor