Excellent. Thanks, Micheal.
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Michael Dexter <[email protected]> wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Beth 'pidge' Flanagan > What: Open Sourcing the Modern Battle Rifle: Legal and technical > implications in home building the semi-automatic AK-47 > Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) > When: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 at 7pm > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom > Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/ > > A look at the technical and legal issues surrounding home construction > of firearms, focusing on semi-automatic AK-47 style rifles. > > Home gun building brings interesting legal and technical challenges > needed to keep someone both safe and on the right side of the law. This > requires an individual to be both an amateur metalsmith as well as > knowing the ins and outs of firearms and international patent law. This > talk will discuss the building of the semi-automatic AK47 rifle from a > technical perspective, from demilling parts kits to the construction of > a fully functional semi-automatic weapon. > > We will also discuss the origins of the AK design, the history of it's > variants and its current patent status as a public domain firearm > design, delving into Soviet and Russian Federation patent law as well as > US firearms law. > > Bio: > > Beth 'pidge' Flanagan is an embedded linux geek who works at Intel's > Open Source Technology Center on the Yocto Project. > > Beth also gave a keynote at OSCON 2014, "Yes, Your Refrigerator Is > Trying To Kill You..." > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd8dXzAL-W8 > > > Many will head to the Lucky Lab NW at 1945 NW Quimby after the meeting. > > Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250466346 > > PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ > Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux > > See you there! > > Michael Dexter > PLUG Volunteer > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
