Since people from many different timezones are in the same room,
development is almost around the clock. Developers sometimes joke
about returning home without jet-lag.
Hackathons attendees come by invitation only. Some new people who
show promise are sometimes invited to see if they have what it takes.
Hackathons are not developer training events.
Recently OpenBSD has been experimenting with the idea of holding more
mini-hackathons. These events are limited to a maximum of 16 people
and 4 days and focus on only one or two aspects of the system.
Here are some details about past and future events, also showing
a part of the artwork from the event T-shirt (if there was one made).
The shirts are only given to people who attend the event, and they are
worn with pride. Every shirt contains at least one developer in-joke,
so don't worry if you can't understand the shirt. Just enjoy them.
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[No shirt was made for this event]
c99: Focused on IPSEC
Jun 4 - 6, 1999
Calgary, Alberta
10 developers
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[No shirt was made for this event]
c2k: General hackathon
Jul 15 - 18, 2000
Calgary, Alberta
18 developers
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[No shirt was made for this event]
c2k1: Birth of PF
Jun 21 - 26, 2001
Cambridge, Massachusetts
25 developers
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[No shirt was made for this event]
c2k1-2: Focused on sparc64
Aug 17 - 20, 2001
Washington, DC
12 developers
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c2k2: General hackathon
Jun 4 - 12, 2002
Calgary, Alberta
42 developers
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c2k3: General hackathon
May 8 - 20, 2003
Calgary, Alberta
51 developers
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pf2k4: Focused on pf development
Apr 24 - 28, 2004
Sechelt, BC
12 developers
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c2k4: General hackathon
Jun 19 - 26, 2004
Calgary, Alberta
46 developers
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c2k5: General hackathon
May 21 - 28, 2005
Calgary, Alberta
60 developers
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v2k5: Focused on ports
Nov 1 - 4, 2005
San Servolo, Venice, Italy
12 developers
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c2k6: General hackathon
May 21 - 29, 2006
Calgary, Alberta
47 developers
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r2k6: Focused on network routing
Jun 14 - 18, 2006
Hamburg, Germany
6 developers
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k2k6: Focused on IPSEC and IKE
Aug 28 - Sep 1, 2006
Schloss Kransberg, Germany
14 developers
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p2k6: Focused on ports
Oct 18 - 22, 2006
Budapest, Hungary
14 developers
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[Shirt imagery not yet public]
h2k6: Focused on drivers for hardware
Details not yet public
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[Shirt imagery not yet public]
f2k7: Focused on Filesystems
Details not yet public
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[Shirt imagery not yet public]
c2k7: General hackathon
Details not yet public
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All tshirt concepts designed by Theo de Raadt with either Ty Semaka or
Bob Beck.