Re: [LAA] Linux Audio Conference LAC2026: June 18th-20 in Maynooth, Ireland
Frank Neumann <beachnase-S0/[email protected]>
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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 many
dimensions, from the purely technical, through to the practical, and finally
to the ethical.
As code repositories such as github roll out support for third-party and their
own LLM agents, this is an area that needs vigorous discussion and assessment.
It is probably not a good idea to ignore it, as it is unlikely to go away.
It may be possible to formulate a position from the LAC community, which we might
carry forward for further consideration in other forums.
Even if such a thing cannot exist, it is still important that we put forward
our ideas in relation to this issue. Therefore, it makes good sense to invite
contributions to this theme and make it a central point of discussion at the LAC.
The LAC2026 organising team.
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Greetings,
Frank
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:33:01 +0100
Frank Neumann <beachnase-S0/[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just wanted to share the good news here that in 2026 the LAC (Linux Audio Conference) is
> taking place again, on June 18-20 (Thu-Sat), this time coming back to Maynooth (Ireland)
> where it was already hosted in 2011.
>
> Victor Lazzarini, conference organizer, asked me to help in spreading the word about
> it, so here we go.
>
> All details on music&paper submission process, deadlines, travel and accomodation etc can
> be found at the conference web site: https://lac26.mucs.club/
>
> Greetings, and please feel free to spread the word wherever possible,
> Frank