[PLUG] TONIGHT: August PLUG Meeting: An Open Hardware Case Study: The AK-47

Maher, Jeff jeffm at jetexpedited.com
Fri Aug 8 19:05:04 UTC 2014


Great talk last night.
Thanks Pidge (and Michael for inviting her).

FYI - for those interested,

The audio of the original presentation is available here:
     http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/747
The slides are available here:
      http://bit.ly/OnUKTR


Regards,

Jeff Maher, GCIH
Systems Administrator
Jet Expedited Transport, Inc.
6225 NE 112th Avenue
Portland, OR  97220
Phone: (503) 256-3621 x1023
FAX:   (503) 256-2975
jeffm at jetexpedited.com


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Michael Dexter <dexter at ambidexter.com>
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: Sorry, no stream.
>
> 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
>
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>
> See you there!
>
> Michael Dexter
> PLUG Volunteer
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