The Libre Software Meeting (LSM) was an annual free software event originally held in France. The French name of this event is Rencontres mondiales du logiciel libre (RMLL).
Summary
The Libre Software Meeting took place in July yearly from the year 2000 until 2018 (2016 was skipped). Launched by the French free software users group Association Bordelaise des utilisateurs de logiciels libres (ABUL). More than 1000 people, coming from more than 50 countries, participate each year.
The LSM was a mix of two complementary meetings: a developers meeting, free software coders coming to discuss about their projects during the event a free software promotion event dedicated to a large audience
Organisation
The LSM was organized by a team of volunteers, combining local and national free software associations.
Villages
The village of the associations welcomed the visitors with a set of stands presenting local or national associations.
Hosting cities
Year Date Host city 2000 5 to 9 July Bordeaux, France 2001 4 to 8 July Bordeaux, France 2002 9 to 13 July Bordeaux, France 2003 9 to 12 July Metz, France 2004 6 to 10 July Bordeaux, France 2005 5 to 9 July Dijon, France 2006 4 to 8 July Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France 2007 10 to 14 July Amiens, France 2008 1 to 5 July Mont-de-Marsan, France 2009 7 to 11 July Nantes, France 2010 6 to 11 July Bordeaux, France 2011 9 to 14 July Strasbourg, France 2012 7 to 12 July Geneva, Switzerland 2013 6 to 11 July Brussels, Belgium 2014 5 to 11 July Montpellier, France 2015 4 to 10 July Beauvais, France 2016 No candidate 2017 1 to 7 July Saint-Étienne, France2018 7 to 12 July Strasbourg, France 2019 No candidate
Logo
The LSM logo was drawn with Sketch by André Pascual, Linuxgraphic.org co-creator, for the LSM 2001. The choice of the mascot and her name come from the homophony with Armelle (a French feminine first name) and RMLL, as pronounced in English.
See also List of free-software events LibrePlanet
External links
Homepage of Libre Software Meeting