[FreeGeek] SFU COSTAR

[sean]

Actually, I'm having a tough time narrowing down my interests to one app
or even type of software. I've got lots of ideas floating around in my
head, but school has been taking most of my focus for a bit.

The next 2 weekends are a little hectic, but I think I'll be around on
the weekend of the 17th-19th. Perhaps then...

I think it'll be good to get in contact with more people who are
participating in free software projects to help myself get a feel for
the types of things that interest me and that I can contribute to.

:o)

Jack Bates wrote:
> Certainly Sean! That's rad! What sort of projects are you interested in?
>
> Unfortunately I don't know the topic of tomorrow's session. We usually
> meet in Galleria 3260 at 3:30. It's in the skyscraper right at the
> Surrey Central SkyTrain station. Maybe see you there : )
>
> Also, if you're free Sunday, come to my housing coop for dinner and chat
> about open source! Dinner is 5:30, Sunday through Thursday. We don't
> stand on ceremony, just come! If you can make it all the way to Columbia
> SkyTrain station, join us for free grub. Coop is at 609 Queens Ave, 5
> mins straight up 6th St. from Columbia station.
> http://www3.telus.net/crca/
>
> Regards! Jack
>
> On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 11:16 -0800, sean hill wrote:
>   
>> 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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