What I did in 2007, What I will do in 2008
I just came back from Taiwan(went there basically for TWDebCamp2007)
tonight. I met lots of great people down there and had lots of fun.
I'll write about it later. Theoretically speaking, I was supposed to
have decent Internet connections everywhere, but in most cases it
didn't work or I was away from it anyway(and we had busy schedule!).
So now I'm kinda catching up things quickly, especially what happend
on the Net lately. Anywise, it would be a good time to look back 2007
and foresee 2008.
Personally, these things were significant for me in 2007:
- Finished GPLv3
- GPLv3 is finally out, and I'm
proud I took part in the revision process. Also I could manage to
finish my Japanese translation of GPLv3/LGPLv3.
Now my translations are being reviewed by lawyers and other legal
professionals, so it will be more sophisticated soon.
- Establishing MIAU
- As I
wrote before, we founded a little organization called MIAU, in hope of becoming a Japanese
version of EFF. At the copyright
war front in Japan, we are partly losing the battle since the Japanese
government essentially ignored our 1800+ unique public comments and
seems dare to go the wrong direction somehow. However, we are not
going to give up easily -- next year, we will sophisticate our tactics
and try to get more people involved. Chris
Salzberg wrote up a series of great articles on these or related
issues in English, and also submitted his story to Slashdot.
- Joined Wikimania 2007
- This was also a great fun in Taiwan. I gave a
talk at there and also met many great people.
- Released GNU a2ps 4.14
- Well, this is far less significant, but the new release is now out.
I hacked up this release in my hotel room just before I left, so may
contain stupid bugs. anyway, as usual, enjoy.
So, now we seem to be in 2008 now. Happy New Year or whatever. I'm
gonna do the following this year, at least:
- Finish my PhD thesis
- This will be the highest priority, of course. I'm planning to
make it be a comprehensive study on FLOSS from
management/organizational theorists' view. Will contain some math.
Maybe not.
- Finish my book
- I'm still writing a book on Open Source licensing. This was
supposed to be done within 2007, so it's long overdue now.
- Finish translations
- I'm still translating Peter Seibel's great book Practical Common Lisp into
Japanese. Also, I guess I should update my Japanese translations of
www.gnu.org.
- Reduce weight
- I'm obviously overweight. I'm gonna go to swim, cycling, or even
jogging, and do my best not to eat too much. I'm serious!
Anyway, again I'd say Happy New Year for all, and enjoy your life.
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