Fwd: Upcoming event - Richard Stallman Speaking in Burlington
Erik Price
erikprice at mac.com
Mon Oct 7 18:46:51 EDT 2002
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Lisa M. Opus Goldstein" <opus at gnu.org>
> Date: Mon Oct 7, 2002 10:18:04 AM US/Eastern
> To: lug at nap.mtholyoke.edu
> Subject: Upcoming event - Richard Stallman Speaking in Burlington
>
>
> Dear People,
>
>
> Richard Stallman, author of the GPL and founder of the GNU Project and
> the Free Software Foundation, will be speaking in Burlington, Mass on
> Wednesday October 16, 2002. It is a book-release party for "Free
> Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman". The
> web page for the book is http://www.gnu.org/doc/book13.html.
>
>
> Event: Informal Q & A with Richard Stallman
> Date: Wednesday October 16, 2002
> Time: 6:30 PM to about 8:00 PM
> Location: Softpro Books
> Vinebrook Plaza
> 112 Burlington Mall Road
> Burlington, MA 01803-5300
> Tel: 781-273-2917
> Web: http://www.softpro.com/
>
>
> Description of "Free Software, Free Society":
>
> The intersection of ethics, law, business and computer software is the
> subject of this collection of essays and speeches by MacArthur
> Foundation Grant winner, Richard M. Stallman. It includes historical
> writings such as The GNU Manifesto, which defined and launched the
> activist Free Software Movement, along with new writings on current
> topics such as "trusted computing" and the proposed CBDTPA.
>
> Stallman takes a critical look at common abuses of copyright law and
> patents when applied to computer software programs, and how these
> abuses damage our entire society and remove our existing freedoms. He
> also discusses the social aspects of software and how free software
> can create community and social justice.
>
> Over the past twenty years Stallman's arguments and actions have
> changed the course of software history. Over the years he has
> received many types of awards; most recently he was elected to the
> American National Academy of Engineering.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Lisa M. Goldstein opus at gnu.org
> Managing Editor, GNU Press
> Business Manager, Tel 617-542-5942
> Free Software Foundation Fax 617-542-2652
>
>
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