[Gllug] Richard Stallman/Software patents, speech in London

[Alistair Mann]

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For those interested:

>From: Ian Brown <I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk>
>To: ucl-cs-seminars <ucl-cs-seminars at cs.ucl.ac.uk>
>Subject: Richard Stallman talk THIS FRIDAY
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 16:44:08 +0100
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>Please forward to interested colleagues and students -- we have a lot of
>seats (324) available! Stallman is one of the most interesting speakers
>around on information policy issues so I highly recommend his talk.
>Thanks! Ian.
>--
>WHAT: Richard Stallman to speak in London on software patents
>WHERE: Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Building, UCL, Gower Street, London
>WC1.
>WHEN: 6-7pm, Friday 21 May 2004.
>
>ORGANISED BY: The Foundation for Information Policy Research (fipr.org)
>in association with the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
>(ffii.org.uk) and Campaign for Digital Rights (ukcdr.org)
>
>HOSTED BY: UCL Department of Computer Science
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>FREE SOFTWARE GURU TO SPEAK IN FREE LONDON EVENT 21 MAY
>
>World-renowned free software expert Richard Stallman is to speak this
>Friday in central London on the ongoing battle over software patents.
>Stallman, head of the Free Software Foundation, has recently been
>working to preserve freedom in software design in China and India as
>well as Europe and the US.
>
>Software patents are extremely controversial in the US, where they have
>been granted on simple software techniques such as "one-click shopping"
>and cause many problems for small businesses and software developers.
>The resulting reduction in innovation and competition has had serious
>effects for all computer users. Over 33,000 Europeans have signed a
>EuroLinux petition against software patents.
>
>The EU's national governments are currently attempting to over-rule a
>vote in the European Parliament that would have stopped such harmful
>patents being granted in the EU. They are due to agree this week on a
>proposal that would abandon the amendments made to the Software Patent
>Directive by the Parliament last September.
>
>Come and hear the latest news from the front line in the fight to
>preserve software freedom and innovation!
>
>Directions are available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/;
>nearest Tube stations are Warren Street and Euston. Admission is free.


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Alistair Mann
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