Meeting 2008-01-16
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Information
- Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
- Time: 8:30PM
- Place: Torgerson 3180
Attendance
Plan on attending:
Goodies
Game
News
SimCity source released
Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3.
KDE 4 Released
Sun buys MySQL
- I wonder if they will change how the whole "enterprise" thing works. I don't think you can even do subqueries in MySQL without MySQL enterprise.
FC Sock Assassin
Check out the rules and the standings.
College Affordability Act still going down
The EFF says that the language requiring a piracy detection system at universities still remains in the bill. See the article.
- I would like to propose getting email addresses and names of as many people as we can who approve of sending a letter to their congressman, then send them ourselves. Less work for everyone else. --Conley 23:55, 15 January 2008 (JST)
International board nominations
VT elections
Advertising
FC RPG
RMS
Richard Stallman may be coming to VT on the 25th of March.
Digital Freedom
Brent K. Jesiek(, Ph.D. Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA) wants to organize an event for digital freedom and would like our support with advertising.
Show and tell
Several people from last time - Cactuses
Matt - Bought an XO
- Do you have yours too Ashton? --Conley 02:19, 15 January 2008 (JST)
Girl Talk rotoscoped video
Concordia University in Montréal made a rotoscoped Girl Talk video for the Open Source Cinema project. It might be fun to watch.
Discussion
Possible topics:
Open floor
Free Film
Check out a list of free films.
Suggestions:
