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<p>Oh god yes. Definitely interested. I will even comb his neckbeard if he wishes.
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<br>On Sat,  2 Jul 2011, 17:58:29 BST, Martin <<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>> wrote:
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<br>> Folks,
<br>>
<br>> I'm sure most people have heard of Richard Matthew Stallman, more
<br>> commonly known as rms ... (If not, his name is on a lot of the "GNU"
<br>> part of the software on "GNU/Linux" systems. Also significantly famous
<br>> for the GPL and "copyleft".)
<br>>
<br>> Provided we can persuade him to visit Nottingham, how many of our
<br>> group would be keen to hear him speak for an evening on one of 22-24
<br>> Aug 2011 (Monday - Wednesday)?
<br>>
<br>> Please say if interested/definite so we can gauge how big an event to
<br>> plan for if we can go for it.
<br>>
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<br>> Should make for an interesting evening with the man behind the FSF and
<br>> one of the big names in today's computing in general.
<br>>
<br>> Cheers,
<br>> Martin
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> Disclaimer: Note that there is a huge amount of credit to be
<br>> acknowledged to very many people that have all contributed to put
<br>> together the "Free/Libre Open Source" world that we all now positively
<br>> take advantage of.
<br>>
<br>> FSF: Free Software Foundation
<br>> <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">http://www.fsf.org/</a>
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