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Richard Stallman Canadian visit

p2pnet news | Open Source:-  The Free Software Foundation’s Richard Stallman is slated to give a talk at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, this coming Friday (February 6).

Time: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Room 101/102/201
George F. Curtis Law Building, 1822 East Mall
Email: communications@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-0846

Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984, notes the announcement post.

It’s a free event that’s open to everyone.

“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,” the UBC points out.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)3 donor supported charity founded in 1985 and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

It says its worldwide mission is to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users.

• What is free software and why is it so important for society?
• FSF management and board
• FSF staff
• Current projects
• GNU’s Who

(Cheers, Bijan)

January , 2009

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5 Responses to “Richard Stallman Canadian visit”

1. dudeguy Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 am

   It’s ok to have a comment.

2. hook Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm

   We were put on this earth for free it is up to us to keep it free.

   In any civilization free means advancement: restrictions mean greed, then tyranny and slavery, eventually collapse.

   We have had the knowledge and technology all along to make the world a better place. It’s only when we let bullies take over that we loose this.

3. CHRoNoSS Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm

   think about star trek and how Roddenberry’s vision was.
   That is where we must eventually go and these corporates know it and as a last ditch effort they are trying to robber baron us all.

   YA bailouts = largest scam world wide in the history of MAN and mark my words when the next trillion in USA loans comes due shortly there is NOTHING the USA can do.

4. f4te Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm

   heh heh
   http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2104/20/49/747125021/n747125021_5671677_430.jpg

5. BaronArts Says:
   February 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm

   This one man, Richard Stallman, has unselfishly done more to defend our freedom and rights than anyone else.
   Thank you RMS.

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