"Free Software in Ethics and in Practice"
Friday, February 6, 2009, 12:30pm - 2:00pm,
Room 101/102/201, George F. Curtis Law Building, 1822 East Mall, UBC
Sponsored by the UBC Faculty of Law

"Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks"
Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:30 pm,
The Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver
Sponsored by SFU Institute for the Humanities, Vancouver Fair Copyright
Coalition, and Free Geek Vancouver

"The Free Software Movement"
Saturday, February 7, 8:15pm,
Lecture Hall Number 2, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC

Meet other local developers on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) platform and the LAPP (Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP) variant as well; a very popular combination for developing OpenSource web applications and the most widely used web development platform.

Hosted by WorkSpace Cafe Inc. in Gastown section of Vancouver

http://lampsoftware.meetup.com/13/

If you havent heard, Bill C-61 is a proposed legislation for Canada similar to the American DMCA laws. While the realities of new media call for a reassessment of the rights of the creators and consumers of media, unknown is how the new laws would be enforced. If it is anything like in the US, should the bill passed, Industry associations will launch a rampage in the courts slapping lawsuits and penalties on owners and non-owners of computers alike, children, seniors, students, dead people.

We would like to invite you to join us for Canada’s largest Joomla event: Joomla! Day Vancouver. It will be hosted at the Vancouver Public Library located in downtown Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia. This whole day event is held on Saturday June 14th 2008 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

Vancouver Joomla Day 2008

Facebook Link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16442266469

Open Web Conference SocialCamp track organizer, Gerald Bauer, asks co-speaker, Linux.com journalist, Bruce Byfield, "What is the Open Web and Why Does it Matter?"

"What is the Open Web?"

Technically, it’s a term used mainly by Mozilla to indicate a vision of the web based on the Mozilla Manifesto. Sometimes, Mozilla uses the term to indicate specific technologies that it would like to advance.

Open Web Conference SocialCamp track organizer, Gerald Bauer, asks co-speaker, Google Gears developer, Brad Neuberg, "What is the Open Web and Why is it Important?"

What is the Open Web?

Folks toss the term "Open Web" around a bunch, but what exactly is it? Is the Open Web HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, etc., or is it something deeper? Rather than a laundry list of technologies the Open Web is a set of philosophies. These philosophies include:

• Decentralization - Rather than controlled by one entity or centralized, the web is decentralized -- anyone can create a web site or web service. Browsers can work with millions of entities, rather than tying into one location. It's not the Google or Microsoft Web, but rather simply the web, an open system that anyone can plug into and create information at the end-points.

As I write this, I’m on my 2nd pass through Packt Publishing's new book, Drupal 5 Themes. I thought I would address the fact that the book was written for an early version of Drupal 5 and an early version of the Zen theme. I’ve run out of time, however, so this will have to be simply a book review.

Some of you may have been wondering, why is a PHP group doing an event like OpenWebVancouver 2008. The reason is that we have held very successful conferences in the past and we would like to do more. As a volunteer run, community based group, we are a group of dedicated people who would like to bring in new people into our community who share our common interest in Free Open Source Software.

a conference on Open Web technologies

Where: Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC), 999 Canada Place.

What: A conference showcasing open source technologies, communities and culture. We will be featuring talks from all areas of open source technologies such as PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, XUL, GPL, Linux, Django, Drupal, HTML, CSS, Javascript and AJAX, XML, Apache, MySQL, Web 2.0, etc.

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