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It's been over 13 years since we did a Q&A with Linux International executive director Jon "maddog" Hall. For decades, maddog has been one of the highest profile advocates for free and open source software. He is currently working on Project Caua which aims "to promote more efficient computing following the thin client/server model, while creating up to two million privately-funded high-tech jobs in Brazil, and another three to four million in the rest of Latin America." He's also gearing up for FISL in Brazil, and helping to plan the FOSS part of Campus Party Europe in London. maddog has graciously agreed to find time to answer some of your questions. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.

Pablo Lorenzzoni writes "On January 10th, the 6th International Free Software Forum - fisl6.0 [more info] issued a public call for papers. The conference will be held from June 1st to June 4th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum. Proposals due on February 28th."

Pablo Lorenzzoni writes "On January 10th, the 6th International Free Software Forum - fisl6.0 [more info] issued a public call for papers. The conference will be held from June 1st to June 4th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum. Proposals due on February 28th."

Pablo Lorenzzoni writes "On January 10th, the 6th International Free Software Forum - fisl6.0 [more info] issued a public call for papers. The conference will be held from June 1st to June 4th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum. Proposals due on February 28th."

tbray writes "They just had this huge OSS conference in Brazil. One good write-up by Simon Phipps is here. And hey, down there, OSS and Java play nice together."

Anonymous Coward writes "On February 2nd, the 5th International Free Software Forum [more info] issued a Call For Papers to the public. Proposals due on March 7th, and no marketing lectures are allowed. The conference will be held from June 2nd to June 5th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum."

Anonymous Coward writes "On February 2nd, the 5th International Free Software Forum [more info] issued a Call For Papers to the public. Proposals due on March 7th, and no marketing lectures are allowed. The conference will be held from June 2nd to June 5th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum."

Anonymous Coward writes "On February 2nd, the 5th International Free Software Forum [more info] issued a Call For Papers to the public. Proposals due on March 7th, and no marketing lectures are allowed. The conference will be held from June 2nd to June 5th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum."

Anonymous Coward writes "On February 2nd, the 5th International Free Software Forum [more info] issued a Call For Papers to the public. Proposals due on March 7th, and no marketing lectures are allowed. The conference will be held from June 2nd to June 5th in Porto Alegre, a southern Brazilian capital already known by the World Social Forum."