= Thursday 18 July 2013 =
||<style="border:none; vertical-align: top;"> '''When:''' ||<style="border:none;"> 18:00 ||
||<style="border:none; vertical-align: top;"> '''Where:''' ||<style="border:none;"> VPAC Head Office front room<<BR>> Level 1<<BR>>Building 91<<BR>>110 Victoria Street<<BR>>Dinner followed at [[http://www.grilld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GRILLD-MENU-2012.pdf|Grill'd]] (Melbourne Central). ||
== Meeting summary ==
* Bianca brought in cake! And not just any cake; ''vegan'' cake - my favourite! :)
* While eating delicious cake, we discussed what's been happening in the free software world, including:
* Sites still using Flash for DRM, and associated problems with needing Chrome to get the latest version of Flash. This boils down to sites mandating a specific browser. Hey, 1997 called and want their Internets back!
* Nobody panic... but Gallium now has a [[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-July/041900.html|DirectX9 STATE TRACKER]]!!
* Other topics far too nefarious to be listed here!
* 18:30 - Alex's software presentation - Raster Storage Archive
* Alex prepared a professional video presentation (using Blender!), followed by a Q/A session.
* Project page: [[http://github.com/vpac/rsa]]
* 19:00 - Ouya - Finally, a modern freedom-respecting gaming console?
* [[https://systemsaviour.com/downloads/20130718-free_software_melbourne/|Slide presentation]]! After all, what better way to enjoy a game console than read slides about it?
* Oh I know... Game demos!!
* ownCloud
* 0.5.9 released yesterday
* oh, we didn't actually get time to discuss this!!
* Pirate Party's take on copyright, patent and privacy (Ben McGinnes, Pirate Party)
* Unfortunately Ben McGinnes couldn't make it due to a small family emergency. He later sent his apologies and has offered to be available next month.
* We did type this up on a [[http://piratepad.net/w4d75NrY7m|PiratePad]] so it kinda counts...
* 20:00 - Dinner at [[http://www.grilld.com.au/|Grill'd]] in Melbourne Central.
* 21:30 - Finished up.
Sometimes things don't go to plan. That didn't stop us from having a fun night, and it turned out that we were struggling for time with just the two topics. A great night overall.
