FOSDEM - a geek trip to Brussels. Going abroad to experience different cultures. Or at least, a chance to eat chips, suffer rain, and watch American TV in a different country.
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Letters and articles about Novell's participation in FOSDEM 2009

FOSDEM accepts money from Novell and some attendants are therefore unhappy

"In case any GNU hacker is going to FOSDEM we might as well meet and chat. I’ve suggested on the gnu-prog-meetings mailinglist that we meet up and …well have a chat or a meeting..."

The following FOSDEM 2009 talk shows that Novell not only ignores the GPL but that it also disregards other licences that it disagrees with

"...As a side note, we are sponsoring the event, not so much to get visibility (I'm pretty sure Mozilla does not need to be more visibility in the Free Software hackers' world) but to sustain Fosdem for all the good things it brings to Free Software in Europe and to celebrate what it has given to Mozilla over the years..."

Interviews with four of the speakers at FOSDEM 2010 are now available. FOSDEM will be held February 6-7 in Brussels, Belgium. This round of interviews includes David Fifield (Nmap), Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux kernel), Richard Clayton (Evil on the internet), and Wim Remes (OSSEC).

Microsoft focus at Novell is revisited now that SaX2 is put aside and FOSDEM gives Mono a room

FOSDEM - a geek trip to Brussels. Going abroad to experience different cultures. Or at least, a chance to eat chips, suffer rain, and watch American TV in a different country.