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

[Simon A. Boggis]

Hi All,

Richard Stallman is giving a talk here on Feb 12. Rest of the details
below.

Simon

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> 			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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