[Bradford] Fwd: [lugmaster] RMS visit in August

[Alice Kaerast]

So I have just discovered.  We can invite RMS along as individuals
interested in free software or as a GLUG but not as a LUG.  Our
website does describe us as a Gnu/Linux User Group, would people say
that is accurate?  Do we just use LUG as shorthand?

Also, we'd probably need to arrange a venue for him to give a talk or
work with Leeds.  I can talk to Leeds people at WYLUG on Monday (I
assume that's the next WYLUG meeting?)

Alice


On 10 June 2011 11:40, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:
> If we do try it may be wise to take heed of the content in some paragraphs I
> have pasted below from Wikipedia. In a nutshell it appears that he is very
> strict on terminology.
>
> Brian
>
> Quote:
>
> One of his criteria for giving an interview to a journalist is that the
> journalist agree to use his terminology throughout the article.[53]
> Sometimes he has even required journalists to read parts of the GNU
> philosophy before an interview, for "efficiency's sake".[citation needed] He
> has been known to turn down speaking requests over some terminology
> issues.[54]
>
> Stallman rejects a common alternative term, open source software, because it
> does not call to mind what Stallman sees as the value of the software:
> freedom.[55] Thus it will not inform people of the freedom issues, and will
> not lead to people valuing and defending their freedom.[56] Two alternatives
> which Stallman does accept are software libre and unfettered software, but
> free software is the term he asks people to use in English. For similar
> reasons, he argues for the term "proprietary software" rather than "closed
> source software", when referring to software that is not free software.
>
> Stallman repeatedly asks that the term GNU/Linux, which he pronounces "GNU
> slash Linux", be used to refer to the operating system created by combining
> the GNU system and the Linux kernel. Stallman refers to this operating
> system as "a variant of GNU, and the GNU Project is its principal
> developer."[54] He claims that the connection between the GNU project's
> philosophy and its software is broken when people refer to the combination
> as merely Linux.[57] Starting around 2003, he began also using the term
> GNU+Linux, which he pronounces "GNU plus Linux".
>
> Stallman argues that the term intellectual property is designed to confuse
> people, and is used to prevent intelligent discussion on the specifics of
> copyright, patent, trademark and other laws by lumping together areas of law
> that are more dissimilar than similar.[58] He also argues that by referring
> to these laws as property laws, the term biases the discussion when thinking
> about how to treat these issues.
>
> Unquote.
>
>
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> Should we try?
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Michael Dorrington" <michael.dorrington at gmail.com>
> Date: Jun 5, 2011 8:41 PM
> Subject: [lugmaster] RMS visit in August
> To: "A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters."
> <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> Richard Stallman (aka RMS), founder of the Free Software Foundation
> (FSF), GNU's Not Unix (GNU) and the Free Software Movement is in
> Edinburgh on 26th-28th August and can give a few speeches in other
> places in the UK before this. If you have a good venue for him then
> please let me know and I'll pass it on.
>
> Regards,
> Mike.
>
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