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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!agate!usenet From: peter@va.pubnix.com (Peter H. Salus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce Subject: Conference on Freely Redistributable Software (long) Followup-To: poster Date: 18 Dec 1995 04:39:53 -0800 Organization: Pubnix Access Systems (Virginia) Lines: 244 Sender: cgd@agate.berkeley.edu Approved: netbsd-announce-request@agate.berkeley.edu Message-ID: <4asovg$50f@pub02.va.pubnix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: agate.berkeley.edu Conference on Freely Redistributable Software Sponsored by the Free Software Foundation Over the past 15 years freely redistributable software with accessible code has become ubiquitous. GNU Emacs is the most popular Unix editor in the world; Linux may well be the most exciting Unix-compatible operating system; Perl has become indispensible to system administrators; Expect automates and controls interactive programs. Join us for a unique conference that will bring together implementors of different types of freely redistributable software as well as the publishers of the operating systems and the tools and applications. The principal systems involved will be the Gnu Hurd, Linux, Net/BSD, 386/BSD, and FreeBSD; tools and applications include Bison, Flex, Expect, Emacs, PERL, and GCC. This is the first conference dedicated to bringing together all those involved in freely redistributable software. Join us for this and much, much more! Cambridge Center Marriott Friday, February 2 through Monday, February 5, 1996 Full Conference Schedule Friday, February 2, 1996 Registration 6-10pm Reception 7-9pm Saturday, February 3, 1996 Registration 8am - 6pm Tutorials 9am - 5pm S1: Linux: An Open System for Everyone (am) - Phil Hughes S2: Installing and Running Linux (pm) Phil Hughes S3: Expect (full day) - Don Libes S4: C News (am) - Henry Spencer & Geoff Collyer S5: Advanced editing with Emacs (pm) Richard M. Stallman [box lunch is included with tutorial registration] BoFs 7pm - 10pm Sunday, February 4, 1996 Registration 8am - 6pm 9-10am: Keynote: Linus Torvalds, introduced by Phil Hughes 10:30am: Session I - Chris Demetriou, chair Automated Management of an Heterogeneous Distributed Production Environment - Ph. Defert et al., CERN Freely Redistributable Software across the Internet - Neil Smith, University of Kent Linux for Research and Teaching of Operating Systems - Victor Yodaiken, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1:30pm: Session II - Don Libes, Session Chair Freely Redistributable Instead of Commercial Software -- Yugoslav Experience - Radivoje Zonjic, University of Belgrade Linux on the OSF Mach3 micro-kernel - Francois Barbou des Places, OSF/Grenoble Internationalization in the GNU Project - Ulrich Drepper, University of Karlsruhe Free Software vs. the Medical Challenges of the 1990's - Greg Wettstein, Roger Maris Cancer Center 3:30pm: Session III The RPM Packaging System - Marc Ewing & Erik Troan, Red Hat Software Why Should the Value-Added Reseller care about Free Software? - Rick R. Castrapel & Frank E. Barone Coordinating Joint Cost/No-cost Rights for Software Developed with SBIR Funding - Philip A. Wilsey & Dale E. Martin, University of Cincinnati Licensing Alternatives for Freely Redistributable Software - L. Peter Deutsch, Aladdin Enterprises 5:15pm: Keynote: Richard M. Stallman, introduced by L. Peter Deutsch 8-9pm: Special Presentation on INN - Rich Salz, OSF 8-10pm: BoFs Monday, 5 February 1996 8-10am: Registration 9am - 5pm: Tutorials M1: Programming the GNU Hurd (full day) - Michael I. Bushnell M2: BSD Internals (am) - Margo Seltzer & Aaron Brown M3: GCC (pm) - Richard M. Stallman M4: Perl (full day) - Tom Christiansen Conference Registration: $200 (Students see *) Tutorial fees: pre-reg on-site Half-day $175 $220 One day $295 $375 One-and-a-half $470 $570 Two days $540 $640 (Students see *) HOTEL INFORMATION The conference will be held at the Cambridge Center Marriott, just across the street from the MIT campus and at the Kendall/MIT station of the Red Line ``T'' \(em the Boston subway. To Make Your Hotel Reservation Special hotel rates have been arranged for attendees at the Conference on Freely Redistributable Software: US $95/night single or double. There are non-smoking rooms available. Call the Cambridge Center Marriott directly: +1 800 228-9290 in the US and Canada; +1 617 494-6600 from elsewhere. Fax: +1 617 494-0036. To ensure that you get the special hotel rate, tell ``reservations'' that you are an attendee at the Conference on Freely Redistributable Software. +1 800 228-9290 in the US and Canada; +1 617 494-6600 elsewhere Program committee Peter H. Salus, chair Robert J. Chassell Chris Demetriou John Gilmore Marshall Kirk McKusick Rich Morin Eric S. Raymond Vernor Vinge ---- Conference on Freely Redistributable Software REGISTRATION FORM Name: Company/Address: Phone: ___________________ Fax: __________________ email: ______________________________ Conference Registration Fee $200 (to 1/12/96); $250 (on site); Students (see *) $_____________ TUTORIALS I wish to register for: Saturday, 3 February S1. Linux OS (am) [ ] S2. Instal. Linux (pm) [ ] S3. Expect (full day) [ ] S4. C News (am) [ ] S5. Adv. Emacs (pm) [ ] Monday, 5 February M1. GNU Hurd (full day) [ ] M2. BSD (am) [ ] M3. GCC (pm) [ ] M4. Perl (full day) [ ] TOTAL ______ A boxed lunch is included with Tutorial registration. Please indicate preference: Saturday Tutorials: [ ] Chicken [ ] Beef [ ] Vegetarian Tossed Salad Monday Tutorials: [ ] Turkey [ ] Ham+cheese [ ] Vegetarian pocket * Attention Students: Student fees: $50/conference; $75/tutorial; Preregistration only. There will be a limited number of scholarships available for students applying with a copy of current student identification. PAYMENT: Enclosed: [ ] Check [ ] Money order [ ] Traveler's Check Payments must be in US Dollars. Credit Card: [ ] MC [ ] Visa [ ] AmEx [ ] JCB [ ] Diner's Club [ ] Carte Blanche Credit Card Number: _______________________________________ Exp. Date: ______________ Signature: _______________________________________ The Conference on Freely Redistributable Software will be held February 2-5 1996 at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel, Kendall Square, Cambridge MA, USA. For more information contact: Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111-1307 USA Phone: +1 617 542-5942 Fax: +1 617 542-2652 email: confinfo@gnu.ai.mit.edu -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Peter H. Salus #3303 4 Longfellow Place Boston, MA 02114 +1 617 723 3092 -----------------------------------------------------------