From:	 Damien Sandras <sandras@info.ucl.ac.be>
To:	 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: Re: FOSDEM press release
Date:	 11 Dec 2001 16:14:23 +0100

Brussels, Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting,
February 16 and 17
The FOSDEM organization, today announced that the FREE AND OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS EUROPEAN MEETING, will take place February 16 and
17, 2002 in Brussels , Belgium. The two-day summit will bring together
leading developers in the Open Source community, and is the first in an
ongoing series of events organized by the FOSDEM. By hosting a series of
tightly focused developer- to-developer (D2D) events, the FOSDEM will
facilitate communication and cooperation between Free and Open Source
software developers working in key technology areas. FOSDEM 's first
Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting, held in
February 2001, was a huge success. More than 1.000 developers made the
trip to Brussels to attend this two-day event.
For the second edition, the FOSDEM will feature speakers representing
some of the leading Free Software and Open Source projects and
developers, including, Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Richard Dale
from KDE, Richard Moore on DProbes, Vincent Rijmen on Rijdael algorithm,
"Most free software developers are focused on their specific projects.
Meeting the developers of other free programs is a great opportunity to
get new ideas" said Richard Stallman
FOSDEM 's goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers and
communities a place to go over the lastest developments in the Free and
Open Source arena and to promote the development and the benefits of
Free and Open Source solutions.
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