RMS speaking on 4-17 and 4-18 in Burlington area.

[H. K. Bemis]

For those interested...
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From: jonathan d p ferguson <jdpf at SUNFORGE.COM>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <VAGUE at list.uvm.edu>
To: VAGUE at LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: RMS at St. Michael's and Champlain College
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:52:59 -0400

hi.

FYI:

Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and
founder of the GNU Project (http://www.gnu.org/), will be speaking in  
the
Burlington area on April 17 and 18.

   o  Thursday, April 17, 4:30 p.m., St. Michael's College;  
"Copyright versus
Community in the Age of Computer Networks"  in Cheray 101

   o  Friday, April 18, 9:30 a.m., Champlain College; "The Free Software
Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System" in the Alumni Auditorium.

GNU is "free software" and a different concept from open source  
software.
Per the GNU Web site...

=====
"Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech", not as in "free
beer".

Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy,  
distribute,
study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to  
four
kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
     * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
     * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to  
your needs
(freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
     * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
(freedom 2).
     * The freedom to improve the program, and release your  
improvements to
the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access  
to the
source code is a precondition for this.
=====

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 Takeda Award for
Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.

For more information see:
http://www.fsf.org/events/colchestervt20080417
http://www.fsf.org/events/burlington20080418

I am not the organizer of either of these (see the links above for  
organizer information). As I'm an Adjunct instructor at Champlain  
College, I thought I'd make this list aware of the second event in  
the Burlington Area.

Thanks!

have a day.yad
jdpf