On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:19:41PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Amir Tal wrote:
for those who are (still) not updated :
http://net.nana.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=49331
I'm still not, how about a synopsis in English?
TIA,
Geoff.
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Thank you Amir for mentioning it.
As for mentioning English, I hope that the speakers' English will not be
too fluent that I will have troubles to follow it. Yet I was not invited
and it could be that most Israeli attending don't have this problem.
I have tried to write an English synopsis but got something which is
more of a translation. Hopefully the English is reasonable and the
translation is accurate. In particular, I made an attempt not to express
any political views, both in the context of FSF - free software movement
- Linux and in the context of the Israeli - Arabic conflict.
The title: Father of open source will be visiting Israel
Richard M. Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation
(FSF), will be lecturing in a joint convention of IBM and Tel-Aviv
University; Fainting of Admirers-Geeks are to be expected.
Richard M. Stallman, the father of the open source movement and the
founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) will arrive to Israel at
the beginning of January. Stallman will be lecturing on the FSF and the
Linux operating system as part of the GNU Linux, Free Software Open
Source convention (http://http://www-5.ibm.com/il/news/events/gnulinux)
that is held by the Israeli branch of IBM in coordination of the
Tel-Aviv University and the Israeli Data Processing Association (ILA).
Stallman (49), known as RMS (http://www.stallman.org), established the
GNU (a recursive acronym for GNU is Not Unix) project in 1984, by which
he created a UNIX like OS that can be distributed, copy and modify
without limitations. The GNU project was the basis for the foundation of
the FSF (an acronym for Free Software Foundation) movement which is
manifesting in the free and unlimited usage of software. The open source
movement, which was established afterwards, is a soften and less
radical version of the FSF.
[ An illustration of a GNU sitting on a chair a playing a flute next to
a conducting penguin, taken from the reservation for the convention ]
Stallman is not only a software radical but also a publicists. He
writes a lot about international political issues
(http://www.stallman.org/#politics) and, in particular, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict (for example, he favors the separation
fence but object (http://www.stallman.org/articles/fencing.html) to
building it in occupied territories; He was in favor of the elimination
of the HAMAS leader but thinks that the timing was stinking
(http://www.stallman.org/good-fences.html)).
In addition, Theodore T'so, who helped the creator of Linux Linus
Torvald in the creation of the alternative OS and is now working in the
Linux technology department of IBM will also lecture in the convention.
So far for the translation attempt. Once again, I believe that
eliminating the HAMAS leader is an accurate translation of what is
written in the original article.
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