[Chester LUG] Talk

[Michael Crilly]

I'd also like to go to this event. I'll check the schedule at work.

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 14:04 +0100, Les Pritchard wrote:
> Does anyone else fancy going to this?  I'm hoping to get there if you
> fancy a lift share between some of us.
> 
> Free of charge evening talk organised in association with the
> Manchester branches of the BCS and IET. 'Free Software in Ethics and
> Practice' - speaker: Richard Stallman Thursday 1st May, 2008 - Talk
> starts at 6:45pm (ends approx. 8:30pm) with refreshments from 6:15pm.
> Venue:  Room D1, Renold Building, University of Manchester, Sackville
> Street, Manchester M1 3BB There is no need to book a place - just turn
> up on the night. Abstract: Richard Stallman will speak about the Free
> Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users
> can cooperate to control their own computing activities.  The Free
> Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often
> erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these
> freedoms. About the speaker: Richard Stallman launched the development
> of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984.  GNU is free
> software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as
> well as to make changes either large or small.  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 the Takeda Award for
> Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. 
> -- 
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