PLUG Virtual Meeting on Aug 13th

[PLUG Announcements]

  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>

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


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