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Posted onSeptember 20, 2020September 22, 20202005

Linucon 2005: Pros and cons of the GNU General Public License

by Elze

Synopsis from Linucon program book: “The most popular open source license, the GPL, inspires controversy to this day. Eric Raymond recently expressed some ambivalence about…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2020September 19, 20202005

Linucon 2005: This topic is intentionally left blank

by Elze

The name of this panel hints at the lack of preparedness on the part of organizers — and, given the trouble they’ve been through this…

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Posted onAugust 22, 2020August 22, 20202005

Larval Mode: a Linucon 2005 panel

by Elze

The name Larval Mode comes from the Hacker’s Dictionary, where it means the state of being a novice programmer or techie. The panelists were Eric…

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Posted onJune 23, 2020June 23, 20202005

ArmadilloCon 2005: What’s Happening in Outer Space

by Elze

Panelists: David Lee Anderson, Ctein (moderator), John Gibbons, Wil McCarthy What this panel was supposed to be about, according to the ArmadilloCon program book: “Our…

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Posted onMay 22, 2020June 14, 20202004

Dating 101: Remedial Flirting: a Linucon 2004 panel

by Elze

Official Synopsis: Cuddling with the computer too much? We’ve been there too. Ways to learn (or relearn) social skills. Panelists Eric and Cathy Raymond discuss…

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Posted onMay 17, 2020May 18, 20202004

Biologically Inspired Robots: a Linucon 2004 panel

by Elze

  The panelists reiterated the relevant discoveries that were new in 2004: growing organs in another location of recipient’s own body (whether human or animal)…

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Posted onMay 16, 2020May 26, 20202004

Eric Raymond’s speech: Linucon 2004: The Basics of the Unix Philosophy

by Elze

At Linucon 2004 Eric Raymond gave a speech on the basic principles of the Unix philosophy. They are the same principles as described in the…

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