PLUG Virtual Meeting on Aug 13th

PLUG Meeting for Aug 13^th

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    This month:
    We've got a couple of presentations for you to enjoy from the
    comfort of your own home.*
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****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*

*Meeting Location is Virtual*:
*https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/b/plu-yuk-7xx*

For more information see the meeting information on our web site
<http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html>

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Email: https://phxlinux.org/index.php/email-lists.html
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Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Phoenix-Linux-Users-Group/


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