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MoFo Weekly Report 2007-11-09

This week focused on events and event planning.

Caught up with Mary Colvig (after missing our bi-weekly events call) to discuss upcoming events and our events strategy for 2008. We focused on the events listed in last week's report.
Worked on expanding the Age of Literate Machines to provide additional focus on the importance of the network [...]

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Links for "Understanding Free Software and Open Source Licensing" attendees

I gave an ad hoc presentation on the last day of the International PHP Conference. During the presentation, I mentioned a few resources, which I have listed below:

The Free Software Foundation Website
The Free Software Definition
List of Approved Free Software Licenses

The Open Source Initiative Website
The Open Source Definition
List of Approved Open Source Licenses

The Software Freedom Law [...]

MoFo Weekly Report 2007-09-21

For the week ending Friday, September 21st, most of my time went into:

Wiki gardening on the private Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation wikis
Event planning and followup
Cleaning up minor dangling tasks (like handing some XUL community stuff over to David and (unsuccessfully) chasing after Seth about FOSS.in)

Next Week

Working on plans for Mozilla Foundation outreach the upcoming [...]

About Zak Greant: Bio and Background

Hi! My name is Zak Greant and I've tired of writing things in the third person (at least for today.)
I own a strategic consultancy called Foo Associates – we help technology organizations adapt to and thrive on the electronic frontier. We're a tiny shop, but we've got great clients (like eZ Systems AS and the [...]

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MySQL ComCon Europe 2004

From November 8th to 10th, some of MySQL's core developers and key community members are getting together in Frankfurt for the MySQL ComCon Europe.
The ComCon seeks to mix the vigor and excitement of a community event (like LinuxTag) with a strong focus on the issues that matter to companies and consultants. The ComCon is a [...]

Back in Germany

Just after dawn in Frankfurt. After spending 9 hours flying from Dallas to Frankfurt with a group of German tourists with food poisoning, I am glad to get off of the plane. I suppose that the tourists were much more grateful to get on the ground than I. Spending the majority of a nine hour [...]

Frankfurt International PHP Conference 2003

Shortly after PHP Con West, I am heading off to the International PHP Conference 2003 in Frankfurt.

I have more than a few sessions at this one:
* Opening the Toy Box: A Hands-On Overview of MySQL's New Features
* Parental Warning: Explicit Licensing

Georg and I are also doing a workshop on mysqli and MySQL 4.1

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