Kosovo Hosts First Software Freedom Conference

A group of Kosovo Free Software enthusiasts established the Kosovo Free/ Libre/ Open Source Software (FLOSS Kosovo) organization, which aims to promote Free and Open Source Software and knowledge in Kosovo. The keystone event of the organization is an annual Software Freedom conference to be held for the first time on August 29-30, 2009 in Prishtina, Kosovo. The conference will showcase local and global speakers and software developers to a regional audience. FLOSS Kosovo has found plenty of support in the local industry and is working in securing more participation from global companies and sister organziations. Some of those who have already expressed interest to speak at the conference are representatives from Sun Microsystems, Mozilla, Pilot Systems, and Google Summer of Code. The organization is non-governmental and non-profit according to the relevant laws in force in Kosovo.