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Announcements

Resources

LIX - Linux Information eXchange. The Linux Information eXchange (LIX) has been launched. "Linux / BSD and open source software groups, organisations, freelancer, media, users and supplier now can register themselves in the Linux / OSS contact database and search for contacts, products, applications and contact persons or request further information. By this a growing international Linux / OSS marketing platform has been created. First started in Germany, Switzerland and Austria we are looking for administrators to provide further national languages." German and English versions are available so far.

Digital copyright mailing list. There is a new mailing list which is dedicated to digital copyright issues. "The list encourages all levels of discourse, as well as relevant political, historical, cultural, and philosophical approaches to the problem of applying copyright to the digital arena."

Events

O'Reilly Open Source Convention deadline approaching. A reminder for those who would like to submit a presentation for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (to be held July 22-26 in San Diego): the deadline is March 1: one week from today. The conference organizers are still looking for quality presentations on a number of free software topics; see the call for participation for more information.

Linux.conf.au 2003 to be held in Perth. The Perth Linux Users Group has announced that the 2003 version of linux.conf.au will be held in Perth next January. Do check out the invitation video...

Upcoming Python and Perl events. The European Python and Zope Conference 2002 (EuroPython 2002) will be held in Charleroi in Belgium from June 26 to June 28 2002. More information can be found at the web site, or in this announcement (in French).

There will be a meeting of Perl Mongers on March 18, 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ruby Conference 2002 query. If you are interested in attending the Ruby Conference in Seattle, Washington during November, 2002, please visit the conference Pre-Pre-Registration site and let them know about your interest.

KDE Presence at FOSDEM (KDE.News). KDE.News covers the KDE presence at the FOSDEM 2002 conference with photos, a report, and interviews.

Magdeburger Linuxtag 2002 CFP. A call for papers has been issued for the Magdeburger Linuxtag 2002, to be held May 25-26, 2002 in Bagdeburg, Germany.

UKUUG Linux 2002 Conference CFP. The UKUUG has issued a call for papers for the 2002 UK Linux Developers' Conference on July 5-7, 2002 in Bristol, UK.

Events: February 28 - April 25, 2002.

Date	Event	Location
March 1 - 2, 2002	Mozilla Developer Day	(Carnegie Mellon University)Pittsburgh, PA
March 2, 2002	LinuxForum 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark
March 4 - 6, 2002	International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies(ISART 2002)	(Dept. of Commerce, 325 Broadway)Boulder, CO
March 5, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Helsinki
March 6, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Stockholm
March 7, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Oslo
March 8, 2002	OMG Information Days Europe 2002	Copenhagen
March 12 - 16, 2002	Embedded Systems Conference	(Moscone Center)San Francisco, California
March 21 - 22, 2002	Annual Conference of Open Source Content Management Systems(OSCMSC)	(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH))Zurich, Switzerland
March 22 - 24, 2002	Linux Event 2002, Italy	(Terminal Crociere di Livorno)Livorno, Italy
April 3 - 6, 2002	The Association of C & C + + Users Spring Conference(ACCU)	(Heritage Motor Centre)Warwick, England
April 11 - 12, 2002	Zope BBQ 2002, Europe	Berlin, Germany
April 24 - 27, 2002	Federal Open Source Conference	(Ronald Reagan Building)Washington DC

Additional events can be found in the LWN Event Calendar. Event submissions should be sent to lwn@lwn.net in a plain text format.

Web sites

Rotterdam PerlMongers. A new group, the Rotterdam PerlMongers has formed. They are looking for new members.

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