[FreeGeek] SFU COSTAR

[ifny]

hello jack!

the FG article is online at http://momentumplanet.ca/?q=node/154

~!fny



On 11/1/06, Jack Bates <ms419 at freezone.co.uk> wrote:
> Jack here, nice to meet you all tonight!
>
> I'm taking a special research topics course to develop open source
> software at SFU with Prof. Rob Cameron. We meet on Fridays at SFU Surrey
> for open source presentations and discussion.
>
> Prof. Cameron is founding a company to develop his high speed SIMD XML
> processing research under open source licenses. He's collaborating with
> patent lawyers at IBM and the FSF, so he's interested in open source
> ventures.
>
> Prof. Cameron is also starting COSTAR, an open source lab at SFU:
> http://costar.sfu.ca/
>
> Finally, Prof. Cameron worked on the BC Public Interest Research Group
> constitution when it was written in the 70s? 80s? So a sympathetic
> activist.
>
> Would be really rad if Scott, David, and folks who can make it could
> give a presentation sometime this semester. Perhaps we could show the
> FreeGeek video, talk about experiences at FreeGeek, talk about legal
> issues related to organizing technology in public interest, etc.
>
> If you could make it to SFU (Surrey Central SkyTrain station) 3:30 one
> Friday in November, I'll let Prof. Cameron know. Is the Momentum article
> online? Perhaps we could link to it in the announcement/abstract of the
> presentation?
>
> Best wishes everyone! Jack
>
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