Escrúpulos Una piedra en la conciencia del software libre, calidad y la vida misma

For all those in Buenos Aires or its surroundings, we'll be having a meeting to celebrate the release of KDE SC 4.4.

This next Saturday 13th, at 19:00 we'll meet at Dr Mason, a bar known to be friendly to FLOSS people of all nature (it has been home to a couple of Ubuntu release parties). It is located in Araoz 1199, Buenos Aires. Cost is about AR$ 30 for some beer and snacks.

We'll gather to talk about the features of the new releases, upcoming events, and of course, have a beer and socialize. Here you can find more information about it: http://kde.org.ar/node/54

Particularly when you have lived in a place for 10 years. I'm not talking about myself, because I have moved around a lot. I'm talking about KMyMoney, and our slow, gradual move under KDE's umbrella. Here's an extract from a mail I sent to all our mailing lists, giving some details about where to go if you need to get help on a particular topic.

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After releasing 3.95, I started a discussion about the schedule for future releases. There were two issues, I think, which affected the possible schedules. First, the feasibility to make quick releases and build upon that to have a stable release in a sensible timeframe. Second, whether we should move to a tighter integration with KDE SC or not.

My aim is to have a stable release within 6-8 months. For that, we had to change our usual 5-6 month release cycle, and have quick releases which would allow us to build upon the feedback from battlefield.

In case you missed it, here is the transcript of an excellent talk by Cory Doctorow on copyright, licenses and digital restrictions management. It outlines some actions by the media publishers that I think explain exactly why I go ballistic when I look at what has become the relationship between companies and government.