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

[Dan Lynch]

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.
>> > --
>> > FSF member #9429
>> > http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429
>> > http://www.fsf.org/about
>> > "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide
>> > 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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