NYC LOCAL: Sunday through Saturday 1-7 August 2010 Debian Conference 10 at Columbia University
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From: secretary on 31 Jul 2010 16:28 Debian Conference 10 starts at 9:30 am on Sunday 1 August 2010 at Columbia University in the City of New York. The front desk of DebConf10 is in Mudd Hall, and many meetings will take place in the Schapiro building. Sunday is Debian Day, DebConf's Day for Everybody, and Gale Brewer of the New York City Council will speak, and Gabriella Coleman will speak, and Eben Moglen will speak, and Andy Oram and Jonah Bossewitch and Asheesh Laroia and John Sullivan and more people will speak about free software^W^Wfreedom, in particular our right to own a computer. http://debconf10.debconf.org http://debconf10.debconf.org/debianday.xhtml http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Welcome Debian is the largest free software project in the world, and it makes the best GNU/Linux distribution. For over ten years Debian has had apt-get, which is the package management system for the apt store, which is larger and better than Apple's app store. Debian's apt store differs from the Apple Computer Company's feeble fraud: Debian doesn't require you hand over ownership of your device to use the apt store. I hope you can get to Debian Day. Below find two notices, mostly the same, the second being the Official Press Release. Jay Sulzberger <secretary(a)lxny.org> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org <blockquote what="official Debian Conference 10 announcements" edits=""> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:34:05 +0200 From: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar(a)debian.org> To: debian-announce(a)lists.debian.org Subject: Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference about to start Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:34:22 +0000 (UTC) Resent-From: debian-announce(a)lists.debian.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference about to start press(a)debian.org July 30th, 2010 http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100730 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference about to start The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian GNU/Linux operating system, would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Debian Conference which will take place from August 1 to 7, 2010, at New York City's Columbia University in cooperation with the Columbia Computer Science department. This year's conference is the first DebConf to be held in the United States in the 11-year history of the event. This year, more than 300 developers from all over the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Bosnia, Mexico, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Venezuela, and Latvia, will participate. More information is available at http://debconf10.debconf.org/. Every year, DebConf allows new and existing Debian project participants from around the world to assemble, share knowledge and ideas, make collaborative contributions to Debian, and build tighter community bonds. Conference costs are largely supported by corporate sponsors who find significant interest in supporting Debian and DebConfs. For the first time, Debconf will host "tracks", featuring a cluster of talks linked by a common theme. These include tracks on Science/Math, Java, Enterprise Systems, Debian Community Outreach, and Media and Art in Debian. Other talks will cover technical, licensing, and community issues by a host of Debian developers and other leaders in the Free Software community. Eben Moglen, Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center and Professor of Law at Columbia University will be our plenary speaker on August 3, at 10:00 AM [1]. 1: http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/641.en.html DebConf includes Debian Day, being held on August 1st, when the conference opens its doors to anyone interested in finding out more about Debian and Free Software. During this event, there will be a full day of talks on a variety of subjects such as Free Software advocacy, Free Software usability, and a number of talks on the Debian project and operating system itself. One of the hilights of this years Debian Day will be the talk by the Honourable Gale Brewer, member of the New York City Council, on "How Government can Foster Freedom in Technology" at 04:00 PM [2] 2: http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/674.en.html More information on Debian Day, including a schedule, are available at http://www.debianday.org/. Video Streams for most talks available -------------------------------------- Similar to previous years, people unable to attend the conference will be able to participate by watching video streams and comment via IRC channels. More details about the video streams are available at http://debconf10.debconf.org. To comment on sessions, please join the irc channels #debconf-davis and #debconf-interschool respectively on irc.debian.org. The complete schedule of the conference is available in different formats at http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/index.en.html but please note, that new events and ad hoc sessions will be added during the conference. About Debian ------------ Debian is a free computer operating system. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Translated into over 30 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer architectures, Debian calls itself the "universal operating system" and is the largest free software project in the world. In the United States, Debian is backed by Software in the Public Interest, Inc., a not-for-profit public charity as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. About DebConf ------------- DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Canada, Finland, and Mexico. More information about DebConf is available from http://debconf.org/. More Information ---------------- More information about DebConf10 can be found on the conference website at http://debconf10.debconf.org/ or by contacting the DebConf Global Press Team at press(a)debconf.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-announce-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100730203404.GH31676(a)melusine.alphascorpii.net ************************BELOW IS OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE************************* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DebConf Press Team <press(a)debconf.org> Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:56 PM Subject: [Press Release] Media Alert: FIRST TIME IN THE USA - Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference - World's Largest GNU/Linux Distribution Developers' Conference to be taking place at Columbia University NYC Aug 1-7 To: DebConf-Team List <debconf-team(a)lists.debconf.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact information: Debian Developer Conference Press Team Contact: press(a)debconf.org Local contacts: Brian Gupta 646-374-8886 Gabriella Coleman 773-426-3054 Subject: Media Alert: FIRST TIME IN THE USA - Tenth Annual Debian Developer Conference - World's Largest GNU/Linux Distribution Developers' Conference to be taking place at Columbia University NYC Aug 1-7 New York, NY, July 27, 2010//The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian GNU/Linux operating system, would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Debian Conference which will take place from August 1 to 7, 2010, at New York City's Columbia University in cooperation with the Columbia Computer Science department. =A0This year's conference is the first DebConf to be held in the United States in the 11-year history of the event. This year, more than 300 developers from all over the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Bosnia, Mexico, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Venezuela, and Latvia, will participate. More information here: http://debconf10.debconf.org/ Every year, DebConf allows new and existing Debian project participants from around the world to assemble, share knowledge and ideas, make collaborative contributions to Debian, and build tighter community bonds. Conference costs are largely supported by corporate sponsors who find significant interest in supporting Debian and DebConfs. For the first time, Debconf will host "tracks", featuring a cluster of talks linked by a common theme. These include tracks on Science/Math, Java, Enterprise Systems, Debian Community Outreach, and Media and Art in Debian. Other talks will cover technical, licensing, and community issues by a host of Debian developers and other leaders in the Free Software community. Eben Moglen, Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center and Professor of Law at Columbia University will be our plenary speaker on August 3, at 10:00 AM. DebConf includes Debian Day, being held on August 1st, when the conference opens its doors to anyone interested in finding out more about Debian and Free Software. During this event, there will be a full day of talks on a variety of subjects such as Free Software advocacy, Free Software usability, and a number of talks on the Debian project and operating system itself. More information on Debian Day, including a schedule, here: http://www.debianday.org/ ABOUT DEBIAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debian GNU/Linux is a free computer operating system. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Translated into 27 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer architectures, Debian calls itself the "universal operating system" =A0and is the largest free software project in the world. In the United States, Debian is backed =A0by Software in the Public Interest, Inc., a not-for-profit public charity as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ABOUT DEBCONF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Canada, Finland, and Mexico. More information about DebConf is available from http://debconf.org/. MORE INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More information about DebConf10 can be found on the conference website: http://debconf10.debconf.org/ or by contacting the DebConf Global Press Team at press(a)debconf.org. </blockquote> |