[sclug] Richard Stallman - Oxford - Friday

[alan c]

On 28/10/11 10:08, John Statham wrote:
> This from the oxlug list, forgive me if it has already been
> mentioned here. I've been away and am catching up but for those who
> may be interested:-
> 
> Founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, Dr Richard
> Stallman, will be visiting the UK next week. As part of his visit,
> he'll be speaking in Oxford on Friday 4 November, at 3pm in the
> Martin Wood Lecture theatre, just off Parks Road. It will be a rare
> chance to hear him speak! This is a FREE PUBLIC MEETING. But space
> is limited so YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE. To do so, you should email
> its3 at oucs.ox.ac.uk
> callgate-6.47.5.0/rms/6.47.5.0/mail/getBody?folderId=7&messageId=Nzg2MWIhF2dIRg8T63MwJbRIWtZvItRa&purpose=display&bodyType=html#
> with your name and any organization you represent, and they'll add
> you manually to the university's system (university staff can book
> online at https://register.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itss_booking  .) Richard's
> subject will be "For A Free Digital Society".

I heard Stallman talk a few months ago in London, and have also
watched a number of the youtube videos. He is an excellent speaker in
these subjects, and well worth a visit if you  ever had wondered what
all the free software fuss was about. It was only after going to some
significant effort to listen to his points of view that I came to
appreciate FLOSS as I should have done much earlier on!

Stallman is a prophet in our time. Slightly unworldly and cuttingly
single minded and clear thinking. It is often obvious, that he is not
any sort of politician, which can be refreshing, although in today's
world the media can treat such people poorly.

-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user