CodeCon
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CodeCon is a conference for hackers and technology enthusiasts. CodeCon is intended to be a low cost conference, with a focus on developers doing presentations of working code, rather than on companies with products to sell.
Organizers
Bram Cohen and Len Sassaman are credited with devising and organizing the first conference at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California. After discussing what they considered shortcomings of other conferences, they decided a much more hacker-friendly alternative was needed. CodeCon was the result of that discussion.
CodeCon 2002
The first conference was held at the DNA Lounge[1] and hosted a number of projects that have received recognition since their unveiling. Some prominent examples include BitTorrent and Peek-a-Booty.[2]
There were also panel discussions, including one about the legality of hacking, which focused on the actions of the MPAA and RIAA against peer-to-peer file sharing networks.[3][4][5][6]
Annalee Newitz described the event in her Techsploitation column:[7]
- I spent the CodeCon weekend of Feb. 15 watching people like the eerily intelligent Dan Kaminsky (www.doxpara.com) and the twitchy Bram Cohen give talks on projects ranging from supersneaky security hacks to brilliant peer-to-peer file-hosting solutions (www.bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent). I got lectured on hash functions and picked up a copy of Tinfoil Hat Linux, which protects you against keystroke logging (yes!). I even met my hero Danny O'Brien, who edits British geek site Need to Know (www.ntk.net), and I was very pleased to discover that he hates blogs too.
- Most interesting about the whole event, besides discovering the truth about über-phreaker Captain Crunch's front teeth, was how CodeCon presenters managed to reconcile typical hacker libertarianism with the community spirit exemplified by peer-to-peer and free-software projects. This was, after all, a conference devoted to security and peer-to-peer applications, a combination that suggests human rights work and good old-fashioned political subversion rather than the kind of show-offy selfish hacking you might see at bigger events such as DefCon.
CodeCon 2003
The second conference, in 2003, was moved to a new venue better suited for presentations and audience called Club NV.[8]
CodeCon 2004
CodeCon 2004 was also held at Club NV, on February 20 through February 22.[9]
CodeCon 2005
CodeCon 2005 was also held at Club NV, on February 11 through February 13.[10]
CodeCon 2006
CodeCon 2006 was held at StudioZ, on February 10 through February 12.[11]
CodeCon 2009
CodeCon 2009 was held at Cell Space, on April 17 through April 19.[12]