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FOSDEM

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Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting
GenreSoftware engineering conference
VenueUniversité libre de Bruxelles
Location(s)Brussels
CountryBelgium
Inaugurated2000 (2000) (as OSDEM), 2001 (2001) (as FOSDEM)[1]
Previous event3-4 February 2024
Next event1-2 February 2025
Websitefosdem.org Edit this at Wikidata

Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open-source software development. It is aimed at developers and anyone interested in the free and open-source software movement. It aims to enable developers to meet and to promote the awareness and use of free and open-source software.

FOSDEM is held annually, usually during the first weekend of February, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Solbosch campus in the southeast of Brussels, Belgium.

Richard (RichiH) Hartmann and Basti Schubert explain the organization of FOSDEM with free software, 02/2023.

History

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FOSDEM was started in 2000[2] under the name Open Source Developers of Europe Meeting (OSDEM) by Raphael Bauduin. Bauduin said that since he felt he lacked the brains to properly contribute to the open-source community, he wanted to contribute by launching a European event in Brussels. Bauduin teamed up with Damien Sandras.[3] The team repeated the event. The F (of FOSDEM) was added at the request of Richard Stallman.[4]

The Free Software Foundation's ceremony for the Award for the Advancement of Free Software was held at FOSDEM from 2002 to 2006 (for the awards for 2001 to 2005).[5][6]

The event has been held annually in February since then, with growing numbers of visitors, talks and tracks. It is organized thanks to the help of many volunteers.

The conference attracted about 4,000 visitors as of 2011.[7] By 2013 this grew to 5,000 attendees.[8] Since 2017, FOSDEM attendance is estimated at over 8,000 visitors.[9][10]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FOSDEM 2021 and 2022 were held entirely online.[11][12]

FOSDEM 2017
View from the speaker's desk towards the audience during the opening keynote at FOSDEM 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "about FOSDEM".
  2. ^ "FOSDEM 2018 – About FOSDEM". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. ^ "FOSDEM 2007 over". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  4. ^ "Fosdem 2002: Fosdem organiser interview". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ^ GNU Project (26 September 2008). "Prior Years' Free Software Award". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  6. ^ Sullivan, John. "Award for the Advancement of Free Software". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  7. ^ "About FOSDEM". FOSDEM. 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  8. ^ "About FOSDEM 2013". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  9. ^ "Home - FOSDEM 2017". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  10. ^ "Home - FOSDEM 2024". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  11. ^ "FOSDEM 2021 Online". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  12. ^ "FOSDEM 2022 Online". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
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