Re: [LAA] Linux Audio Conference LAC2026: June 18th-20 in Maynooth, Ireland

Hi all,

just a quick "addendum" to the earlier announcement here:

The organizing team of this year's Linux Audio Conference (see below) has =
also
given this conference a "theme" that should spark some ideas for papers or
discussion, and has now added the following blurb to the home page
(see https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2026/) -

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Conference theme:
Large language models and Free/Libre/open source software.

"I am not comfortable contributing to a project that extensively uses AI."

    from a post found in a pull request to a github repository.

This year's LAC theme explores questions relating to the (sometimes uneasy=
)
relationships that may emerge between LLMs and FLOSS. This of course has m=
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dimensions, from the purely technical, through to the practical, and final=
ly
to the ethical.
As code repositories such as github roll out support for third-party and t=
heir=20
own LLM agents, this is an area that needs vigorous discussion and assessm=
ent.
It is probably not a good idea to ignore it, as it is unlikely to go away.=
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It may be possible to formulate a position from the LAC community, which w=
e might=20
carry forward for further consideration in other forums.
Even if such a thing cannot exist, it is still important that we put forwa=
rd
our ideas in relation to this issue. Therefore, it makes good sense to inv=
ite
contributions to this theme and make it a central point of discussion at t=
he LAC.

    The LAC2026 organising team.
###

Greetings,
Frank


On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:33:01 +0100
Frank Neumann <beachnase-S0/[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> just wanted to share the good news here that in 2026 the LAC (Linux Audi=
o Conference) is=20
> taking place again, on June 18-20 (Thu-Sat), this time coming back to Ma=
ynooth (Ireland)=20
> where it was already hosted in 2011.
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> Victor Lazzarini, conference organizer, asked me to help in spreading th=
e word about
> it, so here we go.
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> All details on music&paper submission process, deadlines, travel and acc=
omodation etc can
> be found at the conference web site: https://lac26.mucs.club/
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> Greetings, and please feel free to spread the word wherever possible,
> Frank