events — Ciarán’s free software notes

October trips: Helsinki 25th, Florence 27th

Just finished some travel planning. On October 25th, I’ll be at a Helsinki-based free software licensing event. Getting to and from Helsinki is much harder than I’d’ve expected, but it’s all worked out now. And on October 27th, I’ll be at Florence [GNU/]Linux Day. Afterward, I’ll go to Pisa to meet some of the local Read more »

Why “FOSS Means Business” is important (for sustainability of free software)

Next Thursday, March 16th, in Belfast is the "FOSS Means Business" conference. The desire for a free software event came from industry associations in Northern Ireland. Their secondary focus is to encourage "all-island" commercial iniatives. That secondary focus is of great interest to the public sector in Northern Ireland. This event struck me as a Read more »