A North by South developer from Buenos Aires has posted pictures of the Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre 2008. The JRSL is a non-profit event designed to promote the use of free and open source software. Thank you, Mat, for the pictures!

North by South will be presenting at this year’s Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON 2008) about the use of open source software by governments in Latin America: The Latin American Free Software Movement. The presentation will give updates about the latest public sector efforts in Central and South America including Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay. Having just returned from CONSEGI 2008 and continuing to keep in touch with contacts from all these countries, NXS will be able to provide the latest news about open source in Latin America.

GOSCON was established in 2005 as an annual conference to discuss the use of open standards and open source software in the public sector. The latest that we’ve heard is that Marcos Mazoni, head of the technical committee to implement free software in Brazil, will join a panel discussion through a video link. NXS will provide pictures and further updates from GOSCON 2008 from the conference itself as it goes on.

North by South will be participating in the Open Sustainability Network camp in San Francisco this weekend. OSNCamp is “a BarCamp style conference about free content and knowledge sharing in sustainability, international development, appropriate technology and solutions to poverty.”

It will be happening this weekend, October 18-19, at San Francisco State University. The event looks to be a vibrant and diverse collection of people who will be coming together to discuss and network on topics related to sustainability of all kinds, poverty reduction and international development (values that drive NXS, the San Francisco Community Colo and other related projects). It is free and easy to register and, of course, participation or material support is encouraged from everyone who is interested in attending. A schedule of events is available online. Hope to see you there!