Brazil to host GPLv3, FISL, and me
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Dienstag, 11.April 2006
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I just got my flight tickets for a 10 day trip to Brazil. The 2nd
international GPLv3 conference
is happening in Porto Alegre in the far
south of Brazil - in conjunction with the 7th International
Free Software Forum (FISL), which takes place from the 19th to the
22nd of April. The GPLv3 event is in the Babbage room, on the evenings of the 21st and 22nd (see the schedule).
I'll be giving a talk as part of FISL about "Lessons learned in Europe
for keeping Latin America Software Patent Free", and as part of the
GPLv3 conference, I'll moderate
a panel discussion on ""Free Software Development and Adoption of GPLv3
in Latin America" on the 22nd.
I committed to these activities while under the wrong impression that
speakers got their flights paid for. Financially, I shouldn't be
going, but it will be a valuable experience, so I got the tickets and
I'll make the most of it instead of breaking my agreements.
It's amazing how much easier it is to communicate and work with
someone when you've at least had some food or a pint together. The
first international GPlv3 conference, last January, was very useful in
this respect. FISL is one of the World's largest free software
events. Last year they reported having over 4.5k attendees, and like
FOSDEM, it's a real free software
event, not a wishy-washy event. So I expect good things.
It will also be good to meet the people in FSF Latin America, which was formed
recently.
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