PLUG Meeting for Aug 13th
This month:
We've got a couple of presentations for you to enjoy from the
comfort of your own home.
der.hans: FLOSS and you: a user freedom
investigation
Description:
User freedom addresses software licensing from the perspective
of those using the software.
What are advantages and disadvantages of different licensing models
in relation to user freedom?
How does licensing impact individuals, organizations and businesses
as we use software?
How does software distribution ( packages, cloud, bundled in a
product ) impact user freedom?
The presentation and ensuing conversation is about user freedom and
the impact of the software we choose to use.
It's a consideration of the everyperson relationship with software
licensing.
Attendees will consider how the following relate to them:
* software usage models
* the four freedoms of Free Software
* the open source development model
* strong and weak copyleft
About der.hans:
der.hans is a technology and entrepreneurial veteran.
He is chairman of the Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG), Promotions
and Outreach chair for SeaGL, BoF organizer for the Southern
California Linux Expo (SCaLE) and founder of the Free Software
Stammtisch. He presents regularly at large community-led conferences
(SCaLE, SeaGL, LFNW, Tübix, OLF, TXLF) and many local groups.
Currently a Customer Data Engineer at Object Rocket. Public
statements are not representative of $dayjob.
Mastodon - https://floss.social/@FLOX_advocate
Plume - https://fediverse.blog/~/LuftHans
Tom Perrine: Retro-computing in the cloud - or how to run 70's
era UNIX and Multics in GCP
Description:
I'm going to talk about SIMH, software that can emulate dozens of
historically interesting CPUs and demonstrate automation that lets
you launch V6 UNIX and Multics in the Google Compute Platform.
About Tom:
Tom Perrine is a life-long system administrator. Open source has
been part of his life since the 80's beginning with Emacs, and
leading to 4BSD, Slackware and Centos.
He recently finished 17 years at Playstation, where he managed
several IT teams who created the first online game servers, and ran
IT infrastructure for the 14 internal game studios. His final
assignments were global IT strategic planning and IT transformation
programs.
Before Playstation, he was the first CSO of the San Diego
Supercomputer Center, handling all operational security as well as
funded research for NSA, FBI and others. Before SDSC, he was a
contractor doing infosec research for the intelligence community
related to security kernels and trusted computing.
He's given testimony to the US Congress on privacy, and presented
multiple times at USENIX, DEFCON and other conferences. His hobbies
include SCUBA diving, Toastmasters and whisky, but rarely on the
same day.
Attend the meeting by visiting https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/b/plu-yuk-7xx
on June 11th at 7pm MST