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Richard Stallman speaking in Manchester
I’ve resisted blogging this, as the BCS have been a little incompetent and booked a smallish lecture theatre for what is likely to be a well-attended talk, however there is a backup plan those of us with an ear to the ground will have in place, so here it is:
Free of charge evening talk organised in association with the Manchester branches of the BCS and IET.
‘Free Software in Ethics and Practice’ – speaker: Richard Stallman
Thursday 1st May, 2008 – Talk starts at 6:45pm (ends approx. 8:30pm) with refreshments from 6:15pm.
Venue: Room D1, Renold Building, University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
There is no need to book a place – just turn up on the night.
Note that last line is perhaps the most stupid move anybody has made for a talk in Manchester involving an internationally-renowned figure in the computer industry, ever. I could be proved wrong, but I somehow doubt it…
Abstract:
Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate
to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously
referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms.About the speaker:
Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the
freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU
operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a
MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic
Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.
He’s certainly well known as a controversial figure, so it sounds like it’s going to be an interesting evening.
How exactly I ended up agreeing to him staying at my flat, I’m still not 100% clear. I have though, and will be pleased to host him for the evening. I was always brought up to be a good host even to those I sometimes disagree about some issue with so I only hope the fact me being an organiser of the local BSD User Group isn’t going to cause xkcd re-enactments. :-)
