<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi FOSS lovers!<div><br></div><div>With just under 3 months to go until <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> 2012 kicks off in Ballarat, we are pleased to be able to announce our 2nd keynote speaker, Mr Bruce Perens!</div><div><br></div><div>During his keynote address, Bruce will explore the Second Revolution of Open Source - Open Hardware:</div><div><br></div><div>Genetic engineering at home? Teaching science on a low budget? Fully open mobile and wireless devices? The design and manufacture of development tools? Is it possible?<br><br>Yes.<br><br>Open Hardware is a movement dedicated to creating physical objects under the same terms and principles as Open Source Software. That is, their design and manufacture yields freedoms such as the ability to run the hardware for any purpose, study it, change it and share it with others.</div><div><br><b>- Bruce Perens -</b><br>World reknowned as a leader in the Free Software and Open Source community, Bruce Perens is creator of the Open Source Definition, the manifesto of the Open Source movement in Software. Bruce is the founder or co-founder of;<br><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• The Open Source Initiative<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• The Linux Standard Base<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Software in the Public Interest<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• No-code International<br></div>Perens released his first Free Software program, Electric Fence, in 1987. He is also creator of Busybox, which has spawned its own development community and is part of many consumer devices.<br><br>Perens was vice president at Sourcelabs from 1995 to 1997, and was series editor of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series of books with Prentice Hall PTR publishers, which published 24 titles. Perens spent two years with HP as Senior Global Strategist for Linux and Open Source, and was president of Linux Capital Group, a venture fund that specialized in Linux. Perens spent 20 years in the computer graphic animation industry, 12 of them at Pixar Animation Studios. He has a credit on the films 'A Bug's Life' and 'Toy Story II'.</div><div><br></div><div>Full details of the announcement can be found at: <a href="http://linux.conf.au/media/news/32">http://linux.conf.au/media/news/32</a><br><br><div><b>- <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> 2012 -</b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>• <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> will be held 16th-20th January 2012 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Registrations are now open with Early Bird prices being available only until the end of October! <a href="http://linux.conf.au/register/status">http://linux.conf.au/register/status</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• You can also find us at <a href="http://lcaunderthestars.org.au">http://lcaunderthestars.org.au</a> and @linuxconfau on Twitter and Identica.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Media enquiries are welcomed to the LCA2012 team at media at <a href="http://lcaunderthestars.org.au">lcaunderthestars.org.au</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Still think it's hard to get to Ballarat? We're here to help: <a href="http://linux.conf.au/about/getting_to_ballarat">http://linux.conf.au/about/getting_to_ballarat</a></div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> 2012 team, we're thrilled to have Bruce giving this keynote address and we hope as many of you as possible are able to make it along to the conference!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>- Josh Stewart</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------</div><div>Conference director</div><div><a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> 2012 - Ballarat 16- 20 Jan</div><div><a href="http://lcaunderthestars.org.au">http://lcaunderthestars.org.au</a></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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