Technical

TLUG Technical Meeting Date March 18th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Free and Open Source Software Licensing and Distribution Stephen J.Turnbull and Zev Blut will discuss Free and Open Source software licenses: After a short introduction to the application of intellectual property to software, we review some of the important dimensions of software licensing, giving as examples some of the widely-used, well-known licenses. Then we describe the mechanics of complying with upstream licenses (notices in source, documentation, and runtime banners, etc), and strategic issues that arise when working with multiple, imperfectly compatible licenses. Finally, we discuss advantages and disadvantages of various licensing strategies when choosing licenses for a new product. Wiki and Slides Review the wiki Stephen and Zev used to prepare the talk, and copies of the slides presented. Part 1 (00:57) MP4 video (141MB) 3GPP video (32MB) MP3 audio (20MB) Part 2 (01:02) MP4 video (148MB) 3GPP video (35MB) MP3 audio (22MB) ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date January 14th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> OpenBlockS: Back to the Basics Henri Servomaa will introduce the OpenBlockS, a very small form factor (118mm wide by 84mm deep by 52mm high!) server-in-a-box which supports both CF and HD operation and is designed for 24/7 use. It has two ethernet ports and because it runs Linux, it can be used for various networking / datacenter tasks. Henri will give an overview of the hardware and examples of common (and uncommon) networking setups. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date November 12th, 2005 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Subversion Josh Glover introduced Subversion, the revision-control system that is billed as "a compelling replacement for CVS", and took us through common tasks. He demonstrated how Subversion can help the coder, lead developer, and normal user. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date September 10th, 2005 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Michael Smith, will talk about DocBook. In addition, he will show how to generate HTML, PDF, and groff man-page output from a DocBook XML source document using the DocBook XSL stylesheets. Michael Reinsch, will discuss Jabber, Jabber/XMPP and Jabber RPC. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date July 16th, 2005 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Edward Middleton will give two mini talks: The kuro box mini-presentation will give an introduction to the hardware and look at the differences with a conventional GNU/Linux PC. We will then go through the installation steps for Gentoo linux. The greasemonkey mini-presentation will give a basic introduction to greasemonkey looking at the problem it is intended to solve. We will then give a practical example of its use to modify a web page. In the presentation we will cover the use of Platypus, the DOM viewer, the source viewer and the JavaScript debugger. Zev Blut will give a talk about Phidgets. Phidgets, which stands for physical widgets, are a collection of various sensors and servos that are designed for easy integration with computers. Phidgets make it easy for people with a little knowledge of programming and nearly no knowledge in electrical engineering to make all types of interesting physical devices that can interact with you beyond the realm of just your keyboard and monitor. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date May 21st, 2005 (Saturday) Time 13:30-17:00 (doors open 13:00) At Wall Street Associates Japan Boardroom. 5/F Yam Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> TBD other items on the agenda: election of officers introduction of new members, news about Linux/Open Source, general announcements, Q&A auction Any instructions or info before the meeting: Zev Blut ............... 090-5788-8067 Alberto Tomita ............... 080-3463-9256 ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date March 12th, 2005 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Ubiquitous Business Technology meeting room 3-42-5 Hongo, Boa Building 2F Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 [ English Map ] [ Japanese map ] ( These instructions might help too ... Walking Directions )   No specific presentation If there are no topics what are we going to do? Ubit will provide a few computers and a closed network to play with various LiveCDs and install various operating systems on. If you have any particular suggestions for a LiveCD please make them and bring a CD along with you. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date January 15th, 2005 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Ubiquitous Business Technology meeting room 3-42-5 Hongo, Boa Building 2F Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 [ map ]   "Knoppix and Morphix live-CDs: What they are, how they work and how to roll your own." Edmund Edgar "Experiences using Squeak to teach computer skills to Children" Alain Hoang Edmund Edgar will give a talk about re-mastering Knoppix / Morphix to make customized live-CDs. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date November 13th, 2004 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Ubiquitous Business Technology meeting room 3-42-5 Hongo, Boa Building 2F Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 [ map ]   "Using Wolverine as a VPN and firewall" Benjamin Kowarsch "Personal information management" Sacha Chua Benjamin Kowarsch will talk about the Wolverine project and how to use the VPN and firewall functions it includes. Depending upon how the presentation goes this talk may segue into discussions about opportunistic encryption and VPNs. ...

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