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Good evening, everyone. I've posted the minutes for last Saturday's
GUM and board meeting:<br>
<br>
<b>GUM</b>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20130209#Meeting_Minutes">http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20130209#Meeting_Minutes</a><br>
<b>Board Meeting</b>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209">http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209</a><br>
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If you weren't able to come, you sure missed out! Pat gave an
excellent demonstration of a program called XCA that would have
saved me a <i>lot</i> of time in setting up my home server. I gave
an abbreviated account of the rise and fall of the webOS operating
system, which was created in 2009 and essentially "died" in 2012
after the HP TouchPad's botched launch. Did you know that many of
Android's UI improvements, like the recent tasks button, were taken
from webOS? That's because Google's top UI designer, Matias Duarte,
was part of the original webOS team. Google snagged him in 2010, and
Matias has been implementing his ideas in Android ever since.<br>
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But the true main event, even though we didn't have time to finish
it, was the license debate panel. Terry was randomly selected to
defend the Apache License, and Pat was randomly selected to defend
the LGPL. It's easy to prepare for a simple discussion, but what if
you don't know which side you'll be defending? It was funny watching
everyone improvise. We've still got four licenses left to defend, so
we'll continue this at a future event.<br>
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If you'd like to learn more about software licenses, I produced a
handout that gives a plain English, one-page summary for each of the
six in our debate panel (MIT, Apache, Mozilla Public, Microsoft
Reciprocal, LGPL, GPL). It also includes an "inheritance chart" that
shows how the licenses get progressively more complex. If you'd like
a copy, here's the link:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.js-wordsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/software-license-notes-final.odt">http://www.js-wordsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/software-license-notes-final.odt</a><br>
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And finally, we voted to send two bylaws changes to the members for
final approval via absentee ballot. I'll send yinz all a copy of the
ballot as soon as I get a chance.<br>
<br>
Later! May the source be with you.<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<b>Justin S. Smith</b><br>
WPLUG vice chair/secretary<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wplug.org">http://www.wplug.org</a></div>
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