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Machine-readable licensing blocks

One of our recent activities at eZ has been to rework our licensing. While most of the changes have been related to improving the agreements involved (simplifying, internationalizing, improving the legal robustness, etc.) we plan to make some changes to how we attach licensing information to our source code.
The basic plan is to drop in [...]

Speaking at the 2006 eZ publish Conference

I will have a session on Free Software and Open Source licensing at the 2006 eZ publish Conference. Details of the session are a bit sketchy, but should improve shortly.

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Presenting at the PHP Quebec Conference 2006

Hurray! My sessions for the 2006 edition of the PHP Quebec Conference have been accepted.
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why's poignant guide to ruby / style as a filter

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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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No Pressure

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