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FOSSinationSpreading the FOSS throughout nation
The Aim of the event is to spread the open source word hrough
out the nation and organise a twoday live conference that will be
completely based on the open source stuff .
FOSSination is one of the North Indias largest Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) events, to
be held in India. The event is highly focussed on FOSS
development and contribution.
FOSSination will be a non-commercial event and run entirely by
FOSS community volunteers. It
does not represent the interests of any commercial entity.
Q: What is FOSSination?
It focuses on contribution to Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS), especially from India. People
from across the world who contribute, or who are interested in
contributing, will come to the eventto meet, discuss, brainstorm,
innovate and create contributions to existing and new FOSS
projects.
Q: Am I qualified to attend FOSSination?
A: FOSSination is for anyone who is interested in FOSS. However,
understand that the focus is
contribution to, not use of, FOSS. So if your objective is to
contribute (in terms of writing code or
documentation, testing, developing artwork, etc.) then
FOSSination is for you. FOSSination has no
policy that excludes anyone from attending the event there is no
qualification other than your
interest in FOSS.
Q: What will I find at FOSSination?
First and foremost, what you will find at FOSSination is people
people from across India and the
world, people who are interested in the same thing you are: Free
and Open Source Software. And
you will find a lot of them, some of whom you will have heard of
before, may have even interacted
with on mailing lists, IRC, etc.
FOSSination has a huge number of activities happening at the
same time, throughout the day, for all
five days of the event. You will find a number of talks by FOSS
contributors happening in some
halls, and heavy-duty hacking sessions in others. You will find
people discussing in BoF sessions,
sitting on the lawns discussing FOSS ideas, people using their
laptops to write, try out, test, or
debug code, or chat with people on IRC, or catching up with some
information about the projectthat is the subject of the next talk,
connected to the wireless internet connectivity that blankets
the
venue.
Q: I am not a coder, or a hacker, but I like FOSS. Should I
still come?
A: FOSSination is not just about the talks, and the hacking
sessions it is about people meeting
people, all of whom have a common interest FOSS. Even if you do
not attend a single talk, or
participate in a single hack session, you will still find
yourself busy all day, meeting people,
discussing with them, visiting the FOSS expo where FOSS projects
demonstrate their work, and
much more.
And you will find many way in which you can contribute. While
FOSSination is very
developer/coder focused, there are many ways by which you can
contribute as well. Come join the
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discussions, and you will be amazed at how many opportunities
exist for you to contribute.
Q: Why is FOSSination so developer/code focused? Arent you
excluding people?
A: FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software, but sometimes,
people tend to forget that.
FOSSination is attempt to raise the level of actual FOSS code
contribution from India.
However, the bottom line is we do not exclude anyone. Anyone
interested in FOSS is welcome atFOSSination, but people who come
there to contribute, and who have the abilities to do so, will
gain the most from the event.
The only place where we differentiate between contributors and
non-contributors is at talk selection
time. Only an actual contributor can give a talk at FOSSination,
but non-contributors are welcome
to sit in the audience and participate.
Q: Will there be WiFi? Can I bring my laptop?
A: Yes, there will be WiFi blanketing the venue, and high speed
connectivity is available to all
participants at the event. You are highly encouraged to bring
your laptop, or WiFi enabled device,
to better experience FOSSination.
And yes, even if you are running a non-free operating system
like Windows on your laptop, you can
participate. However, if you are running Windows, we request you
to thoroughly check your
machine for viruses, and make sure that your virus checker is
updated. While Linux, MacOSX and
BSD users do not have to worry about viruses, other people
running Windows on their laptops may
be inconvenienced.
Q: Who organises and runs FOSSination?
A: FOSSination is organised and run entirely by FOSS community
volunteers. The event is
completely non-commercial in nature, and does not represent the
interests of any commercial entity.Sponsorship received is applied
directly to the facilities provided by the event, while delegate
fees
are used entirely for delegate food and refreshments.
Q: How much do I have to pay to participate?
A: The delegate fee is Rs.750 (US$16 or 11Euro). Bonafide
students with school/college photo
identity card get in for Rs.500 (US$11 or Euro 8). Corporate
attendees coming from companies, and
who require a receipt, pay Rs.3000 (US$65 or Euro 43). Spot
registration is Rs.1000 (about
US$22). The delegate fee covers lunch, coffee/tea and snacks for
all event days for the delegate.
The event itself is funded by sponsors.
Q: What are corporate delegates, and why do they pay more?
A: Corporate delegates are those delegates who are sponsored by
their organisations. These
delegates can pre-register in bulk and pay through a single
payment from their company. They do
not have stand in line to register at the venue, but have a
separate counter where they can pick up
their delegate kits and walk right in.
Corporate delegates pay more because this helps us balance the
needs of the event. We want as
many people as possible to attend the event, and do not want
them stay away because they cannot
afford paying fees which would otherwise run into several
thousand Rupees. By making corporate
delegates (whose companies pay for their attendance) pay more,
we are able to keep the cost tonormal delegates and students much
lower.
