Well, hell, that means he is spending the night in the area! Anyone know where? Can we go get a beer with on Thursday night? It might be fun to be berated by a drunk genius.
-Nick -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jonathan d p ferguson Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RMS at St. Michael's and Champlain College 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
