[Gllug] Richard Stallman talk

[Sean Burlington]

On Wednesday 13 February 2002 9:05 am, E. R. Vaughan wrote:
> I thought the Stallman talk was very inspiring. Yes he was very tired, and

I am glad I went - and perhaps I shouldn't be so disrespectful to such a 
great man...

> who many of us would/could agree to do a lecture in that state? I guess he

not many - but for good reason !

> had been up at least 24 hrs. His arguments were clearly put and linked
> together, and I hope there is an Ogg Vorbis version up soon. Of course, I
> think as he was tired he did not deviate much from the standard script, but
> is there anything he said that did not make sense?
>

his arguments were clear and cogent 
call it Gnu/Linux (with a hard G)
software should be Free
entertainment works should have 10 year copyright
(what was the other category?)



>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Burlington" <gllug at uncertainty.org.uk>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:35 AM (after local pub lock-in)
> Subject: [Gllug] Richard Stallman was asleep
>
>
> Hi all,
>      just got back fron the Richard Stallman lecture...
>
> I think he was suffring from jetlag
>
> he did apologise at one point for being sleepy
>
> but I think he was slow throughout the talk..
>
> very nice to hear it all from the horses mouth .. but it seemed to me an
> uninspired talk
>
> he didn't even admonish the guy who asked a question prefaced by 'almost
> all computers run windowds'
>
> and failed to really answer any of the questions that were asked

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