[Gllug] Talk by Richard Stallman in London, 12 Feb

[jim at lateral.net]

Hi all,

is any one else going to this as well?

Peace Jim

> Hi All,
>
> Richard Stallman is giving a talk here on Feb 12. Rest of the details
> below.
>
> Simon
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
>> 			Tuesday, 12 February at 7pm
>> 		Skeel lecture theatre, the people's palace
>> 			    QMUL Mile End Campus
>> 		http://www.qmul.ac.uk/travel/mileend.shtml
>>
>> RICHARD STALLMAN, software hacker (in the "geek" sense), founder of
>> the Free Software Foundation and of the GNU Project, and principal
>> author of some of the most important GNU software, will briefly be in
>> London in February. We are fortunate enough to have him come to Queen
>> Mary, University of London, at short notice to give a public lecture
>> on "Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks".
>>
>> Stallman has a long-held belief that software should be free in the
>> same way that mathematical knowledge has traditionally been free--this
>> is manifested in the GNU General Public Licence (and friends) and
>> "copyleft".
>>
>> In order that we may gauge numbers, if you wish to attend the lecture
>> please contact Sue White: suew/rms at dcs.qmul.ac.uk or 020 7882 5217.
>>
>>
>> Lecture Abstract:
>>
>>      Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was
>>      designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by
>>      the printing press.  But the copyright system does not fit well
>>      with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can
>>      enforce it.
>>
>>      The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying
>>      for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright
>>      powers, while suppressing public access to technology.  But if we
>>      seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of
>>      copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the
>>      public--then what must be done is either to reduce copyright
>>      powers or effectively eliminate them, depending on the kind of
>>      work.  Governments must now protect the public's right to copy.
>>
>>
>> Background URLs about the GNU project, "GNU/Linux" and free software:
>>
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
>> 	http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html
>>
>> Richard Stallman's personal web page:
>>
>> 	http://www.stallman.org/
>
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