PLUG Virtual Meeting on Jan 14th - A conversation with Bradley Kuhn about the Software Freedom Conservancy and (ab)Using DNS

[PLUG Announcements]

  PLUG Meeting for Jan 14^th

*Attend by going to: https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/b/plu-yuk-7xx*

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This month:
We've got a couple of presentations for you to enjoy from the comfort of 
your own home.
"*A conversation with Bradley Kuhn about the Software Freedom 
Conservancy*" and "*(ab)Using DNS*"

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****Bradley Kuhn: A conversation with Bradley Kuhn about the Software 
Freedom Conservancy*

*Description*:
We're going to start the new year off with an interview. Bradley and our 
host will chat about the Software Freedom Conservancy, Free Software and 
licensing and his history in the Free Software movement.

*Biography*:
Bradley M. Kuhn is the Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence at Software 
Freedom Conservancy and editor-in-chief of copyleft.org. Kuhn began his 
work in the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he 
became an early adopter of Linux-based systems, and began contributing 
to various Free Software projects, including Perl. He worked during the 
1990s as a system administrator and software developer for various 
companies, and taught AP Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in 
Cincinnati. Kuhn's non-profit career began in 2000, when he was hired by 
the FSF. As FSF's Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF's GPL 
enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the 
Affero GPL. Kuhn was appointed President of Software Freedom Conservancy 
in April 2006, was Conservancy's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and 
has been a full-time staffer since early 2011. Kuhn holds a summa cum 
laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola University in Maryland, and 
an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati. Kuhn's 
Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of Free 
Software programming languages. Kuhn received the O'Reilly Open Source 
Award in 2012, in recognition for his lifelong policy work on copyleft 
licensing. Kuhn has a blog and co-hosts the audcast, Free as in Freedom.

*Donald Mac McCarthy: (ab)Using DNS*

*Description*:
Let's take a look at DNS from a new perspective. In this presentation we 
will discuss using DNS for cost savings and speed increases in datastore 
operations. We will also take advantage of DNS's unique architecture and 
capabilities to improve redundancy and increase distribution for near 
zero cost. Finally, I will show how to push security farther toward the 
entry into the technology stack and make our applications a part of our 
security posture.

*Attend the meeting by visiting 
https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/b/plu-yuk-7xx 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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