The third release of the General Public License was released by the Free Software Foundation today. Jeremy Allison, speaking on behalf of the Samba team, states that they see the new license as “a great improvement on the older GPL,” and that it is “a necessary update to deal with the new threats to free software that have emerged since version 2 of the GPL.”
The New Zealand Open Source Society has chosen Catalyst Director Don Christie as its new President. “The NZOSS took its first steps into a larger world today, with Don taking the reins of President. I am confident Don will be able to take us forward into new opportunities and challenges.” said retiring President and Society founder Peter Harrison.
Don Christie:
Video.
Don is a founder and director Catalyst IT Limited, a New Zealand based software development company. Catalyst specialise in providing open source software solutions to the education sector, corporates and government agencies in New Zealand and round the world.
He has lived and worked in three continents. He has specific interest in technology that empowers and enables grass roots organisations and business to extend their potential. He is also a member of the NZ
Institute of International Affairs.
The 2007 AGM of the New Zealand Open Source Society will be held on:
Sunday the 24th of June starting at 2pm.
The meeting will be conducted primarily via an IRC channel
chat.freenode.net #nzoss
Voting, if required, will be conducted online via the main NZOSS website or,
if at a designated venue, by a show of hands. You must be registered and
logged in to vote on the website.
No Remits or Notices of Motion have been received.
Agenda
If you have any questions please contact secretary@nzoss.org.nz
