Wait... he's reading this list? That means he knows I just suggested he would berate me while drunk. I don't think that is a good thing... :P
-N -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Flint Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Green Mountain folks offer you free beer... 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 /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgement in response to this note. Paul Flint Barre Open Systems Institute 17 Averill Street Barre, VT 05641 http://www.bosivt.org http://www.flint.com/home skype: flintinfotech Work: (202) 537-0480 Fax: (703) 852-7089 Consilium gratuitum .~. valet /V\ quanti /( )\ numerantur ^^-^^ 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... > > ===== > "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 >
