[Liverpool] Fwd: [MFS-Team] Talk by GNU Founder

[Sujita Purushothaman]

It was good imho. Quite relevant point about the ethics/control of data in Saas and also the Digital Economy Act here. His talk was generally about freedom online. But he had to rush because he thought the talk was at noon and had a flight immediately after so could take only a few questions.

-Sujita 

On 26 Jun 2012, at 20:38, Dan Lynch <dan at danlynch.org> wrote:

> Ah OK, sorry. How was it? I wanted to get there but 5pm was a bit early to get to Manchester with stuff to do in Liverpool during the day.
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Jun 26, 2012 8:31 PM, "Sujita Purushothaman" <sujita.purushothaman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually I was there :-) hence the question.....
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 26 Jun 2012, at 18:43, Dan Lynch <dan at danlynch.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm sorry to say I think you've missed this. It was 5pm - 6:30pm Tuesday June 26th.
>> 
>> I'm told that RMS is due back in the UK twice later this year though. So you should get another chance to see him :)
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> On Jun 26, 2012 6:11 PM, "Sujita Purushothaman" <sujita.purushothaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anybody from LivLUG attending?
>> 
>> Rgds
>> Sujita
>> 
>> On 20 Jun 2012, at 09:24, Michael Dorrington <michael.dorrington at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > To clarify/confirm (as a few people have asked) the event is in Roscoe
>> > Building.  See Manchester Uni page for the correct details:
>> >
>> > http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/events/2012/stallman/
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Mike.
>> > --
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>> > mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all
>> > free software users."
>> >
>> > On 19/06/12 08:11, Michael Dorrington wrote:
>> >> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
>> >>
>> >> -------- Original Message --------
>> >> Subject: [MFS-Team] Talk by GNU Founder
>> >> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:44:24 +0100
>> >> From: Martin Turner
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for short-notice the GNU founder is coming to talk in Manchester
>> >> on Tuesday 26th June: all welcome and should be a very interesting talk.
>> >> He is very much a copy-left character as well as influential, and will
>> >> not be full of IT talk.
>> >>
>> >> Can this be advertised on lists
>> >> thanks in advance, Martin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> Dr Richard Stallman, Free Software Movement. "A Free Digital Society
>> >> (alternate title; What Makes Digital Inclusion Good or Bad?)"
>> >>
>> >> Tuesday 26th June, 5:00pm-6:30pm Theatre A, Roscoe Building (The
>> >> University of Manchester)
>> >>
>> >> Abstract: Activities directed at ‘’including'' more people in the use of
>> >> digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion
>> >> is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by
>> >> immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of
>> >> human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what
>> >> kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work
>> >> towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behoves us to make sure it is
>> >> the good kind.
>> >>
>> >> Dr. Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and
>> >> started 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, with or without changes. 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.
>> >> http://www.fsf.org/events/20120626-manchester
>> >> ----
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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