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= History of the DevJam and Free Java =


There is much to be said about the long road to Free Java.
I do hope others who recall all the history will update this
page with important milestones.  

At the very least we can chronicle the meetings leading
up to the modern day Free Java devroom at FOSDEM


== Free Java meetings ==

  * 2003: LinuxCongress in Saarbrücken
    * [[http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/events.html | Classpath Events ]]
  * 2004: The "Start"
    * Classpath at [[http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/fosdem04.html | FOSDEM 2004 ]]
  * 2005: "Escape the Java Trap!"
    * GNU Classpath Hacker Room at [[http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/escape_fosdem05.htmln | FOSDEM 2005 ]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2005/Oldenburg]]
  * 2006: GNU Classpath & friends "Building bridges"
    * GNU Classpath and friends meeting at [[http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/events/fosdem06.html | FOSDEM 2006]]
  * 2007: The Liberation
    * GNU Classpath+OpenJDK DevJam Developer Room at [[http://archive.fosdem.org/2007/schedule/devroom/gnuclasspathopenjdkdevjam | FOSDEM 2007]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2007/Fosdem]]
  * 2008: Porting, Distros
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080621070505/www.fosdem.org/2008/schedule/devroom/freejava | FOSDEM 2008]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2008/Fosdem]]
  * 2009: OpenJDK futures, !IcedTea hacking, Graphics and Sound, VMrubmle
    * Free Java Developer Room at FOSDEM 2009
    * [[Java/DevJam/2009/Fosdem]]
  * 2010: Packaging, Groovy, Web development
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[http://archive.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/devrooms/freejava | FOSDEM 2010]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2010/Fosdem]]
  * 2011: Java Sans Frontières
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[http://fosdem.org/2011/news/accepted-devrooms | FOSDEM 2011]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2011/Fosdem]]
  * 2012: Free Java Momentum
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[http://fosdem.org/2012/devrooms_for_2012 | FOSDEM 2012]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2012/Fosdem]]
  * 2013: 10 Years of Free Java!
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2013]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2013/Fosdem]]
  * 2014: JVM melting pot
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2014]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2014/Fosdem]]
  * 2015: 20 years of excellence
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2015]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2015/Fosdem]]
  * 2016: Participation
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2016]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2016/Fosdem]]
  * 2017: Everything in its right place
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2017]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2017/Fosdem]]
  * 2018: Jigsaw falling into Place
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2018]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2018/Fosdem]]
  * 2018: Duke McRelease and the Alien Mindbenders
    * Free Java Developer Room at [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/ | FOSDEM 2019]]
    * [[Java/DevJam/2019/Fosdem]]