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Wrap-up On The Ottawa Linux Symposium

Posted by Hemos on from the great-conference dept.

Joe Barr writes "David Graham wraps up his coverage of the Ottawa Linux Symposium with this report on Day 4, including the closing keynote address by Andrew Morton. If you've been turned off by the commercialism of LWCE the past couple of years, you might find the OLS to be breath of fresh air. Our fearless reporter has provided detailed, behind-the-headlines coverage each day of the event."

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  1. Ottawa Linux Symposium by static0verdrive · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's too bad the symposium is so expensive; they have often had very interesting people and interesting seminars.

    The funny part is half the people who do go are your average slashdot reader-types from outside Canada, so when the daily drinking begins, it only takes two hours for their frail geek-bodies to become overboard drunk! Luckily our Ottawa LUG practices year-round with a meet at the bar after each LUG meeting...

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  2. No coverage in local papers by Jonny_eh · · Score: 2, Informative

    So far I have seen no mention of this symposium in the local Ottawa papers. Very sad.

  3. Re:GPL violations discussion at OLS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    What I'd like to know is, if there are any steps to identify GPL violations? There are companies all over the world using and modifying OSS tools (most notably from the Apache foundation) and selling them (or selling them as part of their product suites). Is there any initiative to counter this?

    The Apache license isn't GPL, although it is compatible with it.

  4. Re:GPL violations discussion at OLS by Al+Dimond · · Score: 2, Informative

    Isn't the apache license non-copyleft?

    And there's nothing wrong with selling GPL apps as long as you make the source available.