[nylug-talk] Preliminary Freedom-IT Call for Papers: Comments Requested

[Shoshana Safir]

I'm actually getting excited about this because the results of tonights
brain storms was very very good and Dovid has made an excellent
preliminary
call for papers document.  I need a panel to accept papers and review
them and
I'm hoping that Rick Moen, RMS, Ron Guerini, Brian Seitz and Paul
Marino 
can make up this panel.

This is the preliminary CFP.  Please comment:

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Anouncement:
Call For Papers for North American Conference of Freedom-IT


The Freedom-IT is a college of profesional Free Software developers
in North America who conduct a yearly retreat for people serious
about Free Software Development.  It focuses on top shelf advances
in Free Software and computer sciences in general.

Freedom IT -  Call For Papers:

This years 2007-08 winter conference is "Technical developement in
Software Multimedia and Its Importance in Ssociety.

The Meeting will be held in Lake Placid February, 2008

Submiting Papers: Papers must be relevent the folowing topics listed
below.
Papers must be between 750 - 1500 characters. All papers should be sent
to
Ellen at nylxs.com.  Prefered format include open non-proprietary standards
which can be edited. Plain ascii text is best, although, HTML, and
OpenOffice  odt and sxv formats will be accepted.

List of topics:

Developments of the following areas are of particular interest to
the Freedom-IT conference:

Free Software and audio media and delivery
Free Software vidio codecs and commercial implimentations
Media cryptogrophy and content controll as well as reverse engineering
of
existing formats
Multimedia distribution on small devices and phones
Streaming media for commercial and home implimentations
Broadcast media formats, players and storage devices. (Tivo, Myth TV)

Societial and Commercial topics of study include:

The impact of GPL3 on Free Software media distribution.
Benefits and perils of the proposed high definition media propietary
formats
such as Blue Ray.
Text, print, and real world publishings. (LuLu.com) and its comerical i
mplications.

Papers that qualify will be sent notice.

Presentation: Proper Time will be given as needed to present followed by
questions.

For further questions or more information email ellen at nylxs.com


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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be
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You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have
been attacted at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I
guess you missed that one."

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