Title: Software and Freedom
Speaker: Richard M. Stallman
Location: Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Time: 4 p.m., 20th October, 2006
"Free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices." -- Eben Moglen.
Richard M. Stallman is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project, which has contributed the most significant part of the GNU/Linux operating system. He is a scientist, a philosopher, a music-lover and musician, and a most passionate programmer. Amonst numerous notable creations and achievements, he has written the GCC compiler, the GDB debugger and the Emacs editor, and has been awarded four honorary Ph.Ds from universities around the world. Stallman argues that software users should have the freedom to "share with their neighbor" and to be able to study and make changes to the software that they use and this forms the basis for the Free Software movement. He is coming to Hyderabad to talk about the relationship between software and freedom. All individuals passionate about software and freedom, who believe that technological development is most effective when we collaborate with each other must attend this talk at 4 PM on the 20th of October to be held at Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Links: 1) Free Software Foundation of India, Andhra Pradesh Chapter: http://www.swecha.org/ 2) Free Software Foundation of India: http://fsf.org.in
-- Sunil Mohan
Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote:
Title: Software and Freedom
Speaker: Richard M. Stallman
Location: Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Time: 4 p.m., 20th October, 2006
I will ask this again. Doesn't *ANYBODY* record these talks of RMS and put them up anywhere for public benefit? I am sure RMS of all the people would not have a problem with this, but many many people would benefit from it.
- Sandip
Hi,
On 10/23/06, Sandip Bhattacharya sandip@lug-delhi.org wrote:
Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote:
Title: Software and Freedom
Speaker: Richard M. Stallman
Location: Tagore Auditorium, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Time: 4 p.m., 20th October, 2006
I will ask this again. Doesn't *ANYBODY* record these talks of RMS and put them up anywhere for public benefit? I am sure RMS of all the people would not have a problem with this, but many many people would benefit from it.
Don't know about the recording of this talk but the talk given at JNU on 21st Oct was recored for around half an hour ( though his talk was around 2 hrs long). Considering that most of RMS talks about Free Software is very similar one can get benefitted by watching his earlier talks. A detailed list can be found here:
Regards Nikhil Prabhakar
nipra prabhakar.nikhil@gmail.com writes:
Don't know about the recording of this talk but the talk given at JNU on 21st Oct was recored for around half an hour ( though his talk was around 2 hrs long). Considering that most of RMS talks about Free Software is very similar one can get benefitted by watching his earlier talks. A detailed list can be found here:
There is also a good list on the Wikipedia page about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman#Speeches
And FSFE is starting to compile a list of free software videos here: http://fsfe.org/en/advocacy/videos
Usually when Richard gives a talk, it's about either:
1. "GNU/Linux and the free software movement" 2. "The Dangers of sofware patents" 3. "Copyright vs. Community in the age of computer networks" 4. "GPLv3: an overview of the changes"
But I find the questions and answers sessions after his talks are very interesting.
I think recording his talks is quite important, not only because it is a good way to raise awareness of software freedom but also so that history will benefit from a detailed record of his philosophy.
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