[FreeGeek] SFU COSTAR

[sean hill]

Hey Jack,

Is that course is generally open for audit if I just wanted to come and
sit in? I'm not an SFU student (down at Langara right now) but I am
studying software design specifically with an eye towards developing and
supporting free/open source software.

sean  :o)


Jack Bates 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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