these events could be interest to some readers.
well, both strike *me* as highly interresting,
albeit I doubt I can attend either .... ;-\
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From: Mark Elkins <mark_elkins at bcs.org>
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:16:34 +0000 (GMT)
The British Computer Society (BCS) Open Source Specialist Group (OSSG)
are holding the following events that could be of interest [ ... ]:
Friday 7th April 2006
Software Patents, Copyright Laws, and Open Source Software
Ciaran O'Riordan of the Free Software Foundation Europe is making a
special visit from Brussels to speak about Software Patents and other
Open Source issues for OSSG. In addition Gareth Bowker will be giving a
short talk on Copyright Laws and Open Source Software. For more details
see:
http://ossg.bcs.org/organisation/website/news/patentscopyright070406
Tuesday 25th April 2006
Open Source and Agile Development
There are a lot of interconnections between Open Source Software and
Agile development methods. Many open source applications are developed
using agile methods. Many of the tools used by agile developers are open
source. A speaker from Thoughtworks (www.thoughtworks.co.uk) will
discuss some of these interconnections For more details see:
http://ossg.bcs.org/organisation/website/events/OpenSourceandAgile
Mark Elkins, OSSG Treasurer [ ... ] mark_elkins at bcs.org
original:
http://ossg.bcs.org/organisation/discussion/committee/542336428193
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