2011.08.15 Meeting Notes

Location

Project Reports

• Installfests — No report.
• Hands-On Demo — Software Freedom Day is in September. No confirmed plans yet.

Other Business

• News —
  • Dell no longer selling systems preloaded with Ubuntu (though they do still certify their systems).
• Becoming a UC Davis "Campus Affiliate Group" — No report.
• Davis Community Network (DCN) Resource Allocation Committee) — No news.
• Financial Report —
  • $30.00 in donations were received.
  • Greg deposited recent donations to our bank account.
  • PO box renewed for 1 year; good through August 2012.
  • Financial documentation is up-to-date on lugod.org/devnull/
  • Still no word back from CAFTB regarding non-profit status.

Presentation

• Francisco Athens, an artist working on the open source role playing game (RPG) "Lips of Suna", discussed FOSS (free and open source software) gaming, particularly licensing issue related to artwork.
• List of games mentioned
  • 0 A.D.
  • Battle for Wesnoth
  • Cannoo (Linux-based handheld game system; successor to the GP2X and Wiz)
  • Crimson Fields
  • Glest
  • Globulation
  • Lips of Suna
  • LiquidWar
  • M.A.R.S.
  • Naev
  • Netrek
  • OpenTTD
  • Rigs of Rods
  • Ryzom
  • Spring
  • torcs
  • Warsow
  • Warzone 2010
• Photos of this meeting

Attendance

• Bill Kendrick
• Brian Lavender
• Tim Riley
• Tony Cratz
• Phil
• Linus Sphinx
• Tim Dorsey
• Eric Engelhart
• Eric's son
• Eric's daughter
• Francisco Athens
• Bill Broadley
• ... plus 2 others