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FOSDEM 2017 Electronic Design Automation (EDA) devroom Call for Participation
by Javier Serrano 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Text also at http://www.ohwr.org/projects/ohr-meta/wiki/FOSDEM2017 Please forward! This is the call for participation in the FOSDEM 2017 devroom on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, to be held on Sunday 5 February 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking for contributions under the form of talks and tutorials covering the following main topics: - Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tools (e.g. KiCad and gEDA) - Analogue and digital simulators (e.g. ngspice, Qucs, Gnucap, Xyce, GHDL, Icarus and Verilator) - Any other EDA tools such as high-level tools for digital hardware design (e.g. Migen) and HDL synthesis tools (e.g. Yosys) - Inter-project opportunities for collaboration We hope to provide an opportunity for attendees to bring themselves up to date on the latest FOSS EDA developments, share knowledge and identify opportunities to collaborate on development tasks. Have a look at last year's event [1] for a taste of what the EDA devroom is about. The submission process Please submit your proposals at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 before 1 December 2016. If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already have one. Please provide a bit of information about yourself under Person -> Description -> Abstract. When you submit your proposal (creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "Electronic Design Automation (EDA) devroom" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal might go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Bear in mind that a lot of the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please be reasonable regarding the duration of the talk. Important dates 1 December 2016: deadline for submission of proposals 11 December 2016: announcement of final schedule 5 February 2017: devroom day Recordings The FOSDEM organisers hope to be able to live-stream and record all the talks. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Only presentations will be recorded, not informal discussions and whatever happens during the lunch break. By agreeing to present at FOSDEM, you automatically give permission to be recorded. The organisers will agree to make exceptions but only for exceptional and well-reasoned cases. Mailing list Feel free to subscribe to the mailing list [2] of the EDA devroom to submit ideas, ask questions and generally discuss about the event. Spread the word! This is the third EDA devroom at FOSDEM. The first two were very well received. Let's make sure as many projects and developers as possible are present. Thanks! [1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/eda/ [2] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/eda-devroom

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PHP and Friends devroom CfP announced
by Wim Godden 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Hi, The 'PHP and Friends' devroom at FOSDEM 17 has opened its Call for Papers at http://fosdemphp.cu.be/ Kind regards, Wim

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Open Source Gamedev - Call for papers
by Jesse Himmelstein 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

You like games? You like open source? On February 5th, 2017, we’re running a game track at the incredible FOSDEM conference in Brussels. This devroom will all be out open source in games, whether its open games, open tools, open assets, open hardware, or open data. Do you have a cool game project or technology that you'd like show off to a packed room of like-minded developers? == WHAT IS FOSDEM? FOSDEM is a fun and exciting and conference all about open source. It attracts thousands of developers over a weekend at a university campus in Brussels. Subjects range from operating systems to databases to web development to security to big data. FOSDEM takes its ethics seriously – its completely free and non-commercial itself. Devrooms (like the one we’re organizing on open game development) are full-day tracks that focus on a particular subjects. Talks will take place their all day, and will be live streamed and recorded for posterity/infamy. With so many people attending the event, you’re welcome to step in and out of the devroom, but you’re likely to lose your seat. == OPEN GAME DEVELOPMENT ROOM This devroom will be about all open source development in games. Although closed source is still the norm in the gaming industry, there is a growing number of independent games that are being released as open source. In addition, there are a decent number open source projects that help in game development, including game engines, assets, and hardware. Finally, there are citizen science games in which players produce open data that are used to advance science. Let’s bring together the open source game community at this conference, and drink some delicious Belgium beer while we’re at it! We’re looking for talks and demos on the following topics: - Open source games (naturally) - Open source tools to create, distribute, or promote games - Open assets (graphics and sound) - Open hardware (consoles, controllers, displays, etc.) - Open data produced by games for scientific research The devroom will take up a full day. Talks will be 15 minutes long (including 10 minutes Q&A). They’ll be a 5-minute break in between talks to setup equipment. Depending on the submissions, we may organize demo, workshop, or discussion sessions to complement the talks. We'll probably have a one-hour demo session in the middle of the day. To get an idea of what the feeling is like, here are some photos from last year: http://bit.ly/2enYhF7 Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). For more information please write us on the mailing list games-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org. == WHO ARE WE? Jesse Himmelstein (@himmelattack) and Raphael Goujet (@RaphaelGoujet), from the CRI GameLab in Paris, are organizing this devroom. We develop open games around education, science, and social change, such as a game to teach synthetic biology called Hero.Coli. We also design open source tools to aid game development, such as RedWire (an open source game engine) and RedMetrics (an open source, open data game analytics service). We attended a similar room 3 years ago and loved it so much that we want to bring it back and include more people from the indie game community that don’t typically attend FOSDEM. We ran it in 2016 as well and it went very well. So now we're on a roll! == DEADLINES December 4, 2016: Submission Deadline December 12; 2016: Announcement of final schedule Feb 5, 2017: The big day! == HOW TO SUBMIT Please submit via the official FOSDEM Pentabarf system ( https://fosdem.org/submit) If you have submitted in previous years, your existing account and password should still work. If not, go ahead and create one. Once you’re logged in, click on “Create Event”. In the first tab (“General”) make sure to pick “Open Game Development Devroom” in the “Track” select box. Then just fill in the forms on each tab and submit.

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Good news: FOSDEM 2017 Config Management Devroom Call For Papers is open!
by Heck, Walter 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

The FOSDEM Call for Proposals for the Configuration Management devroom on February 4th, 2017 is open! FOSDEM Submissions are due on November 18th, 2016. If you submitted a talk to a previous FOSDEM, you should already have an account in Pentabarf, so make sure that you log in with your existing account. You should only need to create an account if you have not submitted a talk to FOSDEM in recent years. FOSDEM has a bunch of devrooms, so please make sure that you select the "Config Management" devroom in the "Track" dropdown when you submit your talk. Submissions filed under an incorrect devroom will not be noticed. Submit here: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 Topic Description: Mini-talks from real world case studies, brainstorming and hacking around configuration and systems management from complex virtual environments and cloud computing to desktops and laptops. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, and DevOps. We are looking for presentations from people who are working in the field on these topics: * Configuration and Systems Management theory, principles and development * Configuration and Systems Management tools - with an emphasis on real world use cases * Techniques and case studies * Audit, Compliance and Security * Various DevOps topics, including collaboration and training tips. Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). This same team of people is also organizing ConfigManagementCamp, which is in nearby Gent on February 1st and 2nd. The CFP is also open, and we encourage you to submit your talks before the November 18th, 2016 deadline. Details: http://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/#contributions Regards, The ConfigManagementCamp and FOSDEM CfgMgmt Devroom organising team

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[CFP] LLVM devroom @ FOSDEM 2017
by Renato Golin 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION At FOSDEM 2017, LLVM will again participate with a dedicated devroom. Complementing the upcoming Euro LLVM 2017, the devroom at FOSDEM provides a great opportunity for LLVM developers and the wider open source community to get together, connect and discuss. As possibly the largest European Open Source Conference, FOSDEM takes place in Brussels and attracts with more than 400 lectures every year over 5000 hackers - many core contributors of the worlds leading open source projects. = Call for Speakers, Posters, Demos = We invite academic, industrial and hobbyist speakers to present their work on developing or using LLVM, Clang, LLDB, Polly, Compiler-RT, etc. We are looking for: 1. Keynote speakers. 2. Technical presentations (30 minutes plus questions and discussion) related to development of LLVM, Clang etc. 3. Presentations about the use of LLVM, Clang in commercial, academic, hobbyist and other projects. 4. Tutorials. 5. Lightning talks (5 minutes). The deadline for receiving submissions is December 1st, 2016. Speakers will be notified of acceptance or rejection by the 15th of December. Proposals that are not sufficiently detailed (talks lacking a comprehensive abstract for example) are likely to be rejected. Please create an account on the FOSDEM interface ( https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account ) and submit your proposal ( https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 ). Please make sure you select "LLVM devroom" as the "Track". = Registration = FOSDEM does not require any registration and is free of charge. However, just like last year, a large crowd must be expected. We have had to refuse entry to the room every year due to health and safety reasons (a hard requirement from the organisers), with the room already packed with people standing. = Organization = The mailing list llvm-devroom at lists.fosdem.org can be used to discuss issues of general interest related to the conference organization. Please, do not reply to this email, as it is cross posted to many lists. = Financial Support = There may be a possibility of limited funding to help students or contributors who could not otherwise attend the conference. This will depend on overall sponsorship and companies' interest in supporting the event. If you need funding to attend the meeting, or can help sponsor, please tell us on llvm-devroom at lists.fosdem.org. = About LLVM = LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs. LLVM uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both as an offline code representation (to communicate code between compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal representation (to analyse and transform programs). This persistent code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time, run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs). The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use), source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of academic research projects and commercial projects. Besides LLVM, several projects have been developed on top of it like Clang, LLDB, LLD or Polly. For more information, please visit http://llvm.org/ or the conference webpage at http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-02/ Best regards, LLVM @ FOSDEM organisers

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CfP: "Open Source Design" Developer Room
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Hi, Not sure if this is the right format/place, but we've published out CfP at: http://opensourcedesign.net/events/2017/02/05/opensourcedesign-fosdem-2017 and also a tweet at https://twitter.com/evalica/status/785826377266114560 Thanks, Ecaterina Moraru "Open Source Design" Developer Room Coordinator for Fosdem 2017 > If you publish your CfP, > please send a copy to <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org>. We will put a link > to this on our website, just like last year: > https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-10-22-accepted-devrooms/ >

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MySQL & Friends Devroom CfP
by Frédéric Descamps 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

This is our announcement: http://www.mysqlandfriends.eu/post/fosdem-2017s-mysql-friends-devroom-call-… Cheers, -- <http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/> <http://www.mysql.com/>*Frédéric Descamps*| *MySQL* Community Manager Phone: +32 (0)2 719.52.71 (CEST) | Email: frederic.descamps(a)oracle.com <mailto:frederic.descamps@oracle.com> Twitter: @lefred ORACLE Belgium BVBA, Medialaan 50, 1800 Vilvoorde https://about.me/lefred

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Videos for PHP & Friends
by Yannick Warnier 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Hi there, I was wondering if the video team (excellent and dauting work so far!) had finished with the publishing of videos. It seems the PHP videos are still missing in room http://video.fosdem.org/2016/h1308/ and I wanted to share a few with colleagues in Latin America. I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers team. Incredible work managing 600+ speeches and more than 4000 people (did you get a final estimation of the number of people?). Thank you, Yannick Warnier

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Re: [FOSDEM] Fake passport at FOSDEM 2016 keysigning?
by Winfried Tilanus 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/01/2016 11:27 PM, Jens Stomber wrote: Hi, First of all: I didn't notice the counterfeit passport and signed the key. I should have noticed. And this incident is a wake-up call to better check the presented ID's before accepting them. Secondly, the knowledge about the fake passport brings me in a difficult situation. Let me explain that a bit. Any attempt to undermine the web of trust, is a serious blow to both the open source and the security community. Though the motivation to present a fake passport may be noble, its consequences can be severe because it undermines an important tool for secure and authenticated communication. So only if there are enough safeguards such a 'wakeup call' can be done in a ethical way. I think about safeguards like: - - revoking the offending key /before/ the keysigning event - - announcing on forehand that, as part of a test, a fake passport may be presented - - revealing all the details right after the key signing event The person causing the incident at FOSDEM did not have any safeguards like these in place and seemed to have lacked any ethical or legal consideration before taking this action. From a legal point of view it is fraud to 'present a fake passport as if it is real'. At FOSDEM it was done under Belgian jurisdiction and that kind of fraud is punishable in Belgium with a jail sentence up to 10 years. That brings me to my dilemma: Because of the consequences for the web of trust, I would normally file a complaint (for fraud) against anybody who presents me a fake id at a key signing party, except when this was part of a test with enough ethical (and legal) safeguards. It is clear that this action was not a case of malicious intent but mere a case of being unthoughtful. But the only way that the person who has done this can still make his actions more or less ethical is by still revoking the key and by publicly stepping up and making a statement about this test. But by doing so, he would provide the evidence for his own fraud. I can not demand that from anyone. So I don't believe this incident can still be turned into an 'ethical test'. I really don't want to file a complaint against a fellow member of the open source community. Neither do I want to bring Jens Stomber, Teddy Hogeborn or the organisers of FOSDEM in the position of being witness of a crime. But at the same time I believe that 'it was unthoughtful' is not enough to not do so. I honestly don't know how to react on this. I am in a position right now, I don't want to be in. I also honestly hope there is an other resolution possible then filing a complaint. The best I can do now, is to give it some time and to think about it before taking action of any kind. with kind regards, Winfried Tilanus Coba Ritsemastraat 12 2642 CD Pijnacker The Netherlands +31.6.23303960 > Hi, I have been asked to forward this explaination with some > backgroundinformation to you: > > Hi, > > I'd be thankfull if you could forward my response to all (as web.de > <http://web.de> won't let me send a mail to so many people). > > Greetings > > ----. > > Hi, > > looking back I must say it may not have been the best idea to do > this test. But at first I would like to inform you that the "fake" > passport was a sample passport,which actually contained correct > data. > > About the passport: It was made by the same company which actually > makes the official documents,there for most people which where > only looking at the fancy security features failed here. > > I would like to remind the people who verify the documents for PGP > to actually check if the document makes any sense.Because besides > the fact that it was marked "Specimen" (which means example) it > had some more noticeable points like:- the number of the passport > was KD000000- the countrycode was non existent- there was no > country named on the Document- the name of the company which > manufactured it was printed on it multiple times > > Besides that (and yes I know with so many people there it is hard > to do so),I would prefer that you check the documents if you don't > know them andmaybe have a look at some of the basic security > features of the documents like cacert does for example. > > To the result of the test: From all people who where at the key > signing sadly only 20 noticedthat it was a sample Passport, to > those I then showed my correct passport. > > Greetings > > 2016-02-01 20:44 GMT+01:00 Teddy Hogeborn <teddy(a)recompile.se > <mailto:teddy@recompile.se>>: > > First, please excuse me for this mass unsolicited mailing, but I > believe that this will be of interest to you. > > At the FOSDEM 2016 keysigning, or rather, right after the > keysigning event, an unknown person approached me in the hallway > and my associate and suggested that they pitied us, and, upon > inquiry, admitted that it was due to us now having signed a fake > key. When pressed for further details, he would only say that > someone unknown to him had confessed to using a false passport, > presumably in the keysigning. He would not divulge anything > further. > > Now, surely this person, i.e. the person with the fake passport > who may or may not exist, is willing to come forward and share the > results of their experiment? No doubt they will be announcing the > details of their stunt, if only to make some point or other? (See > also “Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point”: > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:POINT>) > > In case they are not willing to immediately announce themselves, is > anyone else able to shed further light or provide additional > details? > > /Teddy Hogeborn > > -- The Mandos Project http://www.recompile.se/mandos > > > > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > > > Jens Stomber > > > Schönbergstr. 23 > > 85057 Ingolstadt > > Germany > > > E-Mail: jens.stomber(a)gmx.de <mailto:jens.stomber@gmx.de> > > Jabber: zombb(a)jabber.ccc.de <mailto:zombb@jabber.ccc.de> > > Tel.: +49 (0)841 / 37 99 285 > > Mobil: +49 (0)151 / 54 82 82 37 > > Fax: +49 (0)3212 / 1178019 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWr/xkAAoJEHZ7UH0X6LdcaUwP/2md6YFagzeRE5UFwaq/ujh1 vgxaMN53yP227a8mu/XgbaiKn8ngqTame8uGNfQy7734dYWgF+9Yvs2PJvfAiCXC ffIHl0umxc3qQFHJeCQWi7K9RgFPNEecQUhUZQTC7fp5TBApiojKa7XeEReETthD 5e/qp940qyArsp1WOWG6Y8BhJWy6X7E32dwNtts5ptgjX8KLxnLAws57kNUK3TOs lmhHAjlFOEk+0vvDgd7DFDabjiDS4gdoGRKnkQRs2qODJNm8tf8ejbAbIclP+4ZD n0ge15ODW5JO9h3+g8/2MbDMyHxW8S2Malq0DShYClXWFZ7w60dRbknSnP74pnCy 8yU0ZYh8Ijba7qjgwQil3pPozyDLsyTyvoV+LJonf8VT+Uf+gX4rlbDfqeRyJ9qS N46mv+0MVD/gX89AK6W2SG9LRIphmVsuevmvu+t7aV9VdJsyZa74t8Ukdh6JFvwd Ohtt9hYMxoZIfHuB/YmDJXTLLSA3WDZxzBinw18RIwoFoWtGLlW+JBkfIZ8lYlYm TO0jYP9pznDTQzygNkuLuZRnLluwfN2tleuEHIdsH4YeTR8/PpTsPUHxo5eaEHKg pE9Y6ml+A2z5NJUfR+W4zu3FjE6/RX/5maUfVnd47HO9ae053cUsYGOs+E7WytUt lv6KAqKPhJJxX0uZJojM =OKZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Public Prometheus/Grafana server
by Brian Brazil 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Hi, The public Prometheus/Grafana server that was mentioned at several talks including the closing is still up at http://prometheus.conference.fosdem.net/ I'm planning on turning this down on Tuesday, as I expect traffic to have died down by then. -- Brian Brazil www.robustperception.io

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