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Department of Computer Science
Richard Stallman
Cambridge, MA
Talk - CSIC Building, Room 1115 - 4:00 p.m.
Reception at 3:30 p.m. CSIC Lobby
Title: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
Abstract:
Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free
Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system,
which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of
millions of users world-wide.
Bio:
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.
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