Dear Richard,
While I once acted as your driver when you talked at Yorktown High School
and FDIC in Arlington Virginia years ago, I presently covet the position
of political refugee here in Central Vermont.
Spring has finally arrived in these fine mountains, and while the
legendary hospitality of Franklin Street is worthy of note, we of the
VAGUE would be remiss in our own hospitality if we were not to invite you
out for some night air and liquid refreshment after your speaking
engagements here in the Burlington area.
While my means and vehicle may be diminished, you need only call upon any of
us, and proper celebration of your arrival would immediately be
implemented.
As you can see from the sentiments expressed in messages below, each of us
look forward to your talks, and I remain at your service with...
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
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Consilium
gratuitum .~.
valet /V\
quanti /( )\
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Nick Floersch wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:19:59 -0400
From: Nick Floersch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: RMS at St. Michael's and Champlain College
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...
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"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.
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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
