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EditShare, the company behind Academy and Emmy award-winning video editing software Lightworks  announced  plans to release its product under an open source license. Lightworks was most recently used to edit movies like Shutter Island and Centurion, but is also credited with helping create otehr films like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Mission Impossible. Lightworks Open Source is packed with a ton of features including 3D editorial functionality, native RED editing, native 2K support with DPX and RED, and Universal Media File support. It can also share media and work in tandem with other editing software such as Final Cut Pro and Avid. Under development since 1989, the Lightworks project was acquired by EditShare in 2009. The company says releasing it under an open source license so it can reach its "full potential."  Screenshot of Lightworks Announcement is h3r3

African Foss Reporter Award by FOSSFA (Free and Open Source Software for Africa), the award aims to highlight the impact of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) on the development of Africa and search enthusiastic writers/journalists who want to demonstrate their journalistic abilities by examining these issues. The award is open to Africans living in Africa, authors of articles or broadcasts that have been published or aired in the last two years. The competition is run in partnership with Deutsche Welle and supported by OSIWA as part of an initiative to raise public awareness of FOSS. Details are h3r3

Meego is the substitute for Mobiline and Maemo as we spoke it before on this post is available for download now. The downloaded images will boot from a  CD or USB stick or directly flashed on the device from your Linux PC, but since this MeeGo released is for developers it will boot into terminal The images available today are:  1) Intel Atom-based netbooks,  2) ARM-based Nokia N900,  3) Intel Atom-based handset (Moorestown). Meego Download Link is h3r3 Meego Repo is h3r3