Begin forwarded message: > From: "Lisa M. Opus Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon Oct 7, 2002 10:18:04 AM US/Eastern > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Managing Editor, GNU Press > Business Manager, Tel 617-542-5942 > Free Software Foundation Fax 617-542-2652 > >
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