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call for chapters: Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources
by Oswaldo Terán 31 Jan '14

31 Jan '14

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS * *Deadlines: 2st Proposal Submission: February 28, 2014; Full chapters: May 30, 2014.* Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources A book edited by Oswaldo Terán and Jose Aguilar To be published by IGI Global: *Introduction* Freely accessible technologies and knowledge resources have generated important societal benefits and have become highly valuable and promising. They have been possible thanks to Free and Open Source Technology development projects, involving diverse communities and social processes. Very well known cases are the communities developing Linux, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Wikipedia. The maturity of these communities has allowed the emergence of Associations, Institutions and Foundations, such as, the Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative. Also, communications via conferences, online networks and online platforms in order to increase community synergy, performance and impact, have appeared; *e.g.*, the software platform management and repository: http://sourceforge.net/. Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources have a strong potential for generating Social Benefits (Endogenous Development, Social Autonomy, Social Self-Organization, Education and Learning, Organisational and Institutional improvement). Their promise resides in both the potential to create local communities cultivating their own know-how in accordance to the local social needs, and in the applications of their products. This has been particularly well cultivated in the traditions of ancestral societies. This book aims at contributing in understanding better and collecting relevant experiences in this subject, addressing issues such as the conceptualization of the phenomena, difficulties and challenges, as well as valuable applications. *Objective of the Book* This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the literature and experiences going on in Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources, opening possibilities for further research in this dynamic field. This text will not only contribute to the communities and researchers working in covered issue to have a common reference to understand better the phenomena they are involved in, but also to provide the resources necessary for policy makers, technology developers and managers to move and adopt Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources. *Target Audience * Free and Open Source Knowledge and Technology communities, policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their work, activities, and research exposure to Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge, assisting them in strengthening and advancing their own efforts in this field. *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:* - Societal Impact/ Benefit of Freely Accessible Technologies - Societal Impact/ Benefit of Freely Accessible Knowledge Resources - Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge and Social Self-Organisation - Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge and Cultural/Social Autonomy - Free and Open Technologies and Public Policy - Freely Accessible Technology and Knowledge for Education and Learning - Freely Accessible Technologies and Sustainable Development - Organizational applications of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge - Free Technologies and Production Chains - Future of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge (globally or regionally, e.g., in China, in Europe, in LatinAmerica, in North America, in Africa, etc.) · Legal issues in Freely Accessible Knowledge Resources and Technologies · Free Technologies and Knowledge in Ancestral Communities and Societies *Submission Procedure * Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *May 30, 2014*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Proposal should have: title, abstract, keywords and justification of the proposed chapter. Proposals should be submitted at: https://www.igi-global.com/login/?returnurl=%2fpublish%2fcall-for-papers%2f… *Publisher* This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in early 2015. *Important Dates* *December 20, 2013:* First Call for Chapters *January 30, 2014: *1st Deadline for submission of proposals for Chapters *February 28, 2014:* 2nd Deadline for submission of proposals for Chapters *March 15, 2014:* Final deadline for submission of proposals for Chapters *March 30, 2014:* Proposals acceptance notification *May 30, 2014: *Full Chapters Submission *July 30, 2014:* Review Results Returned *September 8, 2014:* Final Chapter Submission *September 30, 2014:* Final Acceptance Notifications *Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:* Prof. Oswaldo Terán, or Prof. Jose Aguilar Escuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Estado Mérida, 5101 Tel.:+ 58 274 240 2879, +58 426 574 2164 E-mail: oswaldoteranula(a)gmail.com, aguilarjos(a)gmail.com

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RIPE67 WG Feedback?
by Martin Winter 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

I hope everyone enjoyed the OpenSource WG at this past RIPE 67 in Athens. I would appreciate any feedback about the session (either on this list or mailed privately to the WG chairs at opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net) Logistics? Selection of presentation? Quality of presentations? Quite a few things probably went wrong and I would really like to improve whatever we can for the next RIPE meeting. So please be open with feedback. For the ones who missed the RIPE, the talks and transcripts are online at: https://ripe67.ripe.net/archives/#Wednesday Thanks, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip (OpenSource WG Chairs)

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RIPE67 Athens Opensource WG Agenda
by Martin Winter 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Hello everyone, I hope you are looking forward to the OpenSource WG session at the upcoming RIPE. I'm happy to announce that we got Scott Wilkerson from Nagios to attend and talk about the new Version 4 of Nagios and Nat Morris to talk a bit about to move and changes to a network with Open Source. Below is the Agenda for our WG. See you all in Athens Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip A. Administrative Matters [5..10 mins] . Welcome . select scribe . finalise agenda . approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) . review of action list B. Overcoming traditional network limitations with open source (Nat Morris, Cumulus) [30 mins] C. Building and Maintaining the Nagios Ecosystem (Scott Wilkerson, Nagios) [30mins] Abstract: Coming fresh from the Nagios World Conference, Scott will introduce some of the new additions to Nagios, including release information for Nagios Core 4. Additionally, the talk will include challenges associated with an open source project that begs to be extended, spawning thousands of addons/extensions for the project. Finally, the talk will conclude with an open forum allowing attendees to ask questions and offer suggestions directly with a Nagios team member. D. NSD 4.0 Update (Willem Toorop, NLnet Labs) [10 mins] E. What to expect from Open Source WG & Closing Remarks (WG Chairs Martin & Ondrej) [5..10mins] (Remind on mailing list, ask for feedback & suggestions & directions for WG)

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Open Source Working Group Now Online
by Suzanne Taylor Muzzin 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Dear colleagues, Following the creation of the new Open Source Working Group at RIPE 66, we're happy to let you know that an Open Source Working Group page has been created and is now available on the RIPE NCC website at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/open-source-working-group Kind regards, Suzanne Taylor Muzzin Communications Writer RIPE NCC

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Agenda
by Ondrej Filip 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi! here is Opensource BoF/WG agenda Thursday, 16 May 16:00 17:30 A. Administration Microphone étiquette Agenda bashing B. Update on the way to a OpenSource WG (10 min) Martin Winter / Ondrej Filip C. Open Source RIPE Database Software (10 min) Kaveh Ranjbar (RIPE) D. Bird Update (20 min) Ondrej Zajicek (CZ.NIC) E. KEA – DHCP servers in BIND10 (20 min) Tomas Mrugalski (ISC) F. Roundtable: Supporting OpenSource Projects (30 min) Moderator: Nick Hillard (INEX) Panel: Joao Damas (ISC), Ondrej Filip (CZ.NIC), Olaf Kolkman (Nlnet Labs), Dave Temkin (Netflix), Martin Winter (NetDEF)

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Good News - Timeslot at RIPE66 confirmed for OpenSource WG/BoF
by Martin Winter 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Everyone, finally we got the time slot confirmed. We managed to get the 90 minute slot from the ENUM WG (who doesn't need it this time) and are now set for 16:00 to 17:30 on Thursday afternoon. (Sorry, it runs parallel with the MAT WG slot this time) The Meeting Agenda is already updated and shows the slot https://ripe66.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Now we can go back to the actual planning (and allocate times) and make best use of the time. We have requests/proposals for the following topics: - Open Home Gateway Forum (Introduction to the project and background in it) - Kea (the new DHCP server effort by ISC) - Roundtable on community support / funding / sponsorships and lessons learned there (and discussion on how to get it better) [If you are part of some Open Source project in this community and want to join the discussion and/or present then please contact me (Martin) off-list for planning] - Bird update - Quagga update (actually thinking about skipping this to give more time to other talks - unless there is a big interest) If you want to present anything not listed here (or something I forgot), then please speak up as soon as possible either here in public or send email to me or Ondrej. We need the agenda finalized asap Thanks, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip

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OpenSource Discussions at upcoming RIPE Meeting
by Martin Winter 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Hey everyone, things are slowly moving into place. We now have a slot at the next RIPE meeting in Dublin, but still trying to confirm the length of it. We hope for a 2 hour slot as it was discussed at the closing plenary during the last RIPE meeting. We have a few ideas on what should/can be presented, but would love to get more feedback from the community. Is there some OpenSource software you are using in your network and we should try to get some of the authors to attend? Maybe you know them personally? Anyone here involved in OpenSource and wants to give an update on the project? Additionally, I would like to do some roundtable to talk about financing OpenSource software. I would love to get a few people involved in OpenSource projects to come and talk about their success and struggle - and have a discussion with the community on why they give (or don't give) any support in financial or any other ways to an opensource project. Now is the time to speak up: What do you like to hear / discuss in relation to OpenSource software? Which projects should we try to invite? Discussion is open... - Martin Winter

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