* Here is the initial design document for FOSSDevConf , Please
feel free to contact us.
Date of document : 30 March 2010
What is FOSSDevConf ?
*FOSSDevConf is the yet another conference for Free and Open Source
Developers. This is a true Developer to Developer Conference.
*Who can speak at FOSSDevConf ?
* Developer and FOSS contributors (Activist, Supporter, Business using
FOSS etc) provided they follow Rules and Guidelines of FOSSDevConf. If you
are working on any un-finished FOSS project, you are most welcome to show it
to get more developers. You can put your stall. There is no fees needed for
speakers.
*Who can attend this ?
* Any one. All you need to pay fees of conference if any.
*What is difference between FOSSDevConf and other workshop ?*
Basically we trying to show a true spirit of Open World = (Open Content,
Open Innovations, Open Standards, Open Source/Free Software). For this we
are imposing some guidelines on everybody who are part of it.
*What are Strict Rules and Terms of Workshop ?
*
- *For Audience*
- no rules applied. but we expect tweets and blog to get real
feedback.
- *For Speakers*
- *ODF/HTML5 : *Presentation must be shown using ODF (Open Office format)
Or other Open Technology like HTML5.
- *NO-DOC , NO-DOCx : *Any speaker who use Microsoft /MAC technology
will be disqualified to present.
- *OGG : *You are only allowed to use Ogg music/video for demo. Any
video with .mp4 Or other format will disqualify your selection.
- *GNU/Linux : *You are allowed to carry Any Laptop with Any Operating
System over it But you can only plug your laptop to projector if you have
GNU/Linux OS over it. If you do not carry such laptop then you can ask
organiser to arrange one for you.
- *Copyright Policy : *Every Speakers are advised to make a account on
main FOSSDevConf Server. They must submit their presentation Or videos
before the timeline. However your presentation will be made public during
workshop. All your presentations and other stuff will be licensed under
"CC-By-SA" Or public domain. You have to choose either of two license.
- *NO-MONO : *You cannot show your product/demos which are made using
mono technology.
- *NO-FLASH : *We are not entertaining Flash/Flex or other related
technology. Please use SVG.
- *No-Patents : *You cannot show any technology for which you have
applied patent.
- *For Organiser*
- *Video Recording : *You must provide video recording for all
speaker. All Video Recording must be uploaded to our common
server using Ogg
format
- *Images : *All the Images must be uploaded to our common server
using PNG format.
- *GNU/Linux : *All the Software needed for conducting workshop must
be Open Source/Free Software. You must not use Windows or Mac
for workshop.
- *Free-of-Cost to Speaker : *you can only charge fees to audience but
you cannot charge to speaker. we advice you to pay money for
- *Free Lunch* : You must provide free lunch and evening snacks to
all.
- *No-Coke : *You must not use Cocacola during workshop.
- Please do not become organiser if you do not know the whole
philosophy of Open World.
- *Copyright Policy : *Please make sure that all the presentation or
other stuff goes under "CC-By-Sa" license, for these copyright
holder must
be the original author. The uploaded video of workshop which is
recorded by
FOSSDevConf team must be copyrighted by FOSSDevConf and released under
CC-By-Sa License.
- *NO-nonfree Distribution* : you must not help any speaker or
Organiser to distribute any non-free software or content.
Anything which you
can distribute in FOSSDevConf must have either CC-By-SA license Or FOSS
license.
- *NO-FLASH, NO-MONO : *you must not use flash or mono Or any
technology
- *T-Shirt* : You must provide TShirt to all audience.
- Tshirt may or may not contain all sponsors but it should not
highlight a particular sponsors in misleading ways
- The Design of Tshirt must be uploaded in SVG/PNG format using
CC-By-SA license.
- *Gift to Speaker : *You must provide gifts to speakers.
- *Free Stall* : you must provide free of cost space to stall for the
project which are meant for non-profit. Selling FOSS goods like
Tshirt other
things are treated as non-profit.
- *For Sponsors*
- *No Interference :* You are not allowed to make inference in
FOSSDevConf specially on rules and guidelines.
- *No Brandmixing :* any company which have their name similar to
FOSSDevConf like FOSSDevCenter, FOSSDevGroup etc are not allowed
to sponsor
the event.
*Why these rules and guidelines ?
*Basically a true FOSS lover who is well aware of all issues in Open
World and he/she has these rules in his/her mind. but I have seen some new
conference which ignore one or other layer. So basically we are trying to
show a true Open Conference. most of the developers are happy to see such
guidelines.
*
How Can I organise FOSSDevConf in my City ?*
You are allowed to use FOSSDevConf brand in any city provided you can
impose these rules and guidelines on yourself and on speaker. We are totally
open people who strongly believe in full freedom. We are just providing a
medium. We are working on this isssue !
*Suggestion :*
Yup, current contact me, narendra.sisodiya AT gmail.com
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