8th FOSS developers conference

Everybody are invited to take part in 8-th free / open source software developers conference on July, 25–36, 2011 in Obninsk, Kaluga Area. The conference is organized by ALT Linux and the Institute of Logic.

The conference, in which the leading Russian and foreign developers will take part, is aimed to set personal contacts between specialists, to discuss perspectives of the free / open source software progress, to initiate new projects.

Book abstracts is planned to be published before the conference.

Proposed topics for the presentations are:

• Projects of free / open source software development.
• Scientific projects in different knowledge domains, which include development of products under free license.
• Cultural, philosophic and legal areas of free licensing.
• Free / open source software for state government bodies.

A “National software platform” open discussion is also planned to be held at the conference.

Conference speakers, teachers and lecturers, participants of free software projects and free content are free from the organization fee.

Detailed information about the conference, including abstracts guidelines, important dates, contact addresses, information on delivery and much more – at the conference web page.