- August Penguin
August Penguin is a yearly gathering of Israeli people interested in
Free Software .August Penguin is held in or near
Tel Aviv in early August, usually on a Friday, since 2002. It lasts one day and includes technical talks,Free Software trivia competitions and akeysigning party.Since the establishment in 2003 of
Hamakor , an Israeli not-for-profit for promoting free software, it has taken charge of organizing the annual event.The first annual Hamakor Prize for free software-related achievements was awarded to
Maxim Iorsh at AP III (2004) for his work on the Hebrew font package [http://culmus.sourceforge.net Culmus] .External links
* [http://august.penguin.org.il August Penguin homepage] (in Hebrew)
* [http://www.hamakor.org.il Hamakor homepage] (in Hebrew)
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