[YLUG] Richard Stallman talk - Manchester (1st May)

[Arturo Servin]

	I am going from Leeds, anyone knows which one is the best station to  
go (Victoria or Picadilly)?

Thanks,
-as

On 14 Apr 2008, at 14:47, Noah Slater wrote:

> I am going to this, if you fancy comming a long please respond and  
> we can
> organise a meet up at the station and go as a group.
>
> Who's interested?
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Jim Jackson <jj at franjam.org.uk> -----
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:17:03 +0100 (BST)
> From: Jim Jackson <jj at franjam.org.uk>
> To: WYLUG Announce list <wylug-announce at wylug.org.uk>
> Subject: [Wylug-announce] Richard Stallman talk - Manchester (1st  
> May) (fwd)
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> Forwarded from the manlug list...
>
> Free of charge evening talk organised in association with the  
> Manchester
> branches of the BCS and IET.
>
> 'Free Software in Ethics and Practice' - speaker: Richard Stallman
>
> Thursday 1st May, 2008 - Talk starts at 6:45pm (ends approx. 8:30pm)
> with refreshments from 6:15pm.
>
> Venue:  Room D1, Renold Building,
> University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
>
> There is no need to book a place - just turn up on the night.
>
> Abstract:
>
> Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement,
> which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate
> to control their own computing activities.  The Free Software
> Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously
> referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms.
>
> About the speaker:
>
> Richard Stallman launched 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, as well as to make changes
> either large or small.  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 the Takeda Award for Social/Economic
> Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.
>
> -- 
> Paul Waring
> http://www.pwaring.com
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