Subject: Conference on Freely Redistributable Software (long)
From: [email-masked] (Peter H. Salus)
Date: 15 Dec 1995 22:40:42 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc

Conference on Freely Redistributable Software

Sponsored by the Free Software Foundation

Over the past 15 years freely redistributable software
with accessible code has become ubiquitous.  GNU 
Emacs is the most popular Unix editor in the world;
Linux may well be the most exciting Unix-compatible 
operating system;  Perl has become indispensible to 
system administrators;  Expect automates and controls
interactive programs.

Join us for a unique conference that will bring together 
implementors of different types of freely redistributable 
software as well as the publishers of the operating 
systems and the tools and applications.

The principal systems involved will be the Gnu Hurd, Linux, 
Net/BSD, 386/BSD, and FreeBSD; tools and applications 
include Bison, Flex, Expect, Emacs, PERL, and GCC.

This is the first conference dedicated to bringing together all 
those involved in freely redistributable software.

Join us for this and much, much more!

Cambridge Center Marriott 
Friday, February 2 through Monday, February 5, 1996

Full Conference Schedule

Friday, February 2, 1996
	Registration 6-10pm
	Reception 7-9pm

Saturday, February 3, 1996
	Registration 8am - 6pm
	Tutorials 9am - 5pm
		S1: Linux: An Open System for Everyone
		           (am) - Phil Hughes
		S2: Installing and Running Linux (pm)
			   Phil Hughes
		S3: Expect (full day) - Don Libes
		S4: C News (am) - Henry Spencer & Geoff Collyer
		S5: Advanced editing with Emacs (pm)
		           Richard M. Stallman
	[box lunch is included with tutorial registration]
	BoFs 7pm - 10pm

Sunday, February 4, 1996
	Registration 8am - 6pm

	9-10am: Keynote: Linus Torvalds, introduced by Phil Hughes

	10:30am: Session I - Chris Demetriou, chair

		Automated Management of an Heterogeneous
		Distributed Production Environment -
		Ph. Defert et al., CERN

		Freely Redistributable Software across the 
		Internet - Neil Smith, University of Kent

		Linux for Research and Teaching of 
		Operating Systems - Victor Yodaiken, New Mexico
		Institute of Mining and Technology

	1:30pm: Session II - Don Libes, Session Chair

		Freely Redistributable Instead of Commercial
		Software -- Yugoslav Experience - Radivoje
		Zonjic, University of Belgrade

		Linux on the OSF Mach3 micro-kernel -
		Francois Barbou des Places, OSF/Grenoble

		Internationalization in the GNU Project -
		Ulrich Drepper, University of Karlsruhe

		Free Software vs. the Medical Challenges 
		of the 1990's - Greg Wettstein, Roger Maris
		Cancer Center

	3:30pm: Session III 

		The RPM Packaging System - Marc Ewing & 
		Erik Troan, Red Hat Software

		Why Should the Value-Added Reseller care about 
		Free Software? - Rick R. Castrapel & Frank E. Barone

		Coordinating Joint Cost/No-cost Rights for 
		Software Developed with SBIR Funding -
		Philip A. Wilsey & Dale E. Martin,
		University of Cincinnati

		Licensing Alternatives for Freely 
		Redistributable Software - L. Peter Deutsch,
		Aladdin Enterprises

	5:15pm: Keynote:  Richard M. Stallman, introduced by
		L. Peter Deutsch

	8-9pm: Special Presentation on INN - Rich Salz, OSF

	8-10pm: BoFs

Monday, 5 February 1996
	8-10am: Registration
	9am - 5pm: Tutorials
		M1: Programming the GNU Hurd (full day) - 
			Michael I. Bushnell	
		M2: BSD Internals (am) - Margo Seltzer & 
			Aaron Brown
		M3: GCC (pm) - Richard M. Stallman
		M4: Perl (full day) - Tom Christiansen

Conference Registration: $200 (Students see *)

Tutorial fees:
		pre-reg	on-site
Half-day	$175	$220
One day 	$295	$375
One-and-a-half	$470	$570
Two days	$540	$640
(Students see *)

HOTEL INFORMATION

The conference will be held at the Cambridge Center Marriott,
just across the street from the MIT campus and at the Kendall/MIT
station of the Red Line ``T'' \(em the Boston subway.

To Make Your Hotel Reservation

Special hotel rates have been arranged for attendees at the Conference on 
Freely Redistributable Software:  US $95/night single or double.  There
are non-smoking rooms available.  Call the Cambridge Center Marriott 
directly: +1 800 228-9290 in the US and Canada; +1 617 494-6600 from 
elsewhere.  Fax: +1 617 494-0036.  To ensure that you get the 
special hotel rate, tell ``reservations'' that you 
are an attendee at the Conference on Freely Redistributable 
Software.

+1 800 228-9290 in the US and Canada; 
+1 617 494-6600 elsewhere

Program committee

Peter H. Salus, chair
Robert J. Chassell
Chris Demetriou
John Gilmore
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Rich Morin
Eric S. Raymond 
Vernor Vinge
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Conference on Freely Redistributable Software

REGISTRATION FORM

Name:

Company/Address:

Phone: ___________________ Fax: __________________ email: ______________________________

Conference Registration Fee $200 (to 1/12/96); $250 (on site); Students (see *)  $_____________

TUTORIALS

I wish to register for:

Saturday, 3 February

S1. Linux OS	(am)		[  ]

S2. Instal. Linux	(pm)		[  ]

S3. Expect	(full day)	[  ]

S4. C News	(am)		[  ]

S5. Adv. Emacs	(pm)		[  ]

Monday, 5 February

M1. GNU Hurd	(full day)	[  ]

M2. BSD	(am)		[  ]

M3. GCC	(pm)		[  ]

M4. Perl		(full day)	[  ]

TOTAL	    ______

A boxed lunch is included with Tutorial registration.  

Please indicate preference:

Saturday Tutorials:   [  ] Chicken   [  ] Beef    [  ] Vegetarian Tossed Salad

Monday Tutorials:    [  ] Turkey    [  ] Ham+cheese  [  ] Vegetarian pocket

*  Attention Students:  Student fees: $50/conference; $75/tutorial;
Preregistration only.  There will be a limited number of 
scholarships available for students applying with a copy of current
student identification.

PAYMENT:

Enclosed:  [  ] Check   [  ] Money order   [  ] Traveler's Check      Payments must be in US Dollars.

Credit Card: [  ] MC  [  ] Visa  [  ] AmEx  [  ] JCB  [  ] Diner's Club  [  ] Carte Blanche

Credit Card Number: _______________________________________ Exp. Date: ______________

Signature:  _______________________________________

The Conference on Freely Redistributable Software will be held February 2-5 1996 at the 

Cambridge Marriott Hotel, Kendall Square, Cambridge MA, USA.

For more information contact:
	Free Software Foundation 
	59 Temple Place Suite 330
	Boston MA 02111-1307 USA
	Phone: +1 617 542-5942 Fax: +1 617 542-2652 
	email: [email-masked]

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