http://www.gnu.org/press/2001-05-25-NYU.html # # Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's # Attack on Free Software # # Boston, Massachusetts, USA - May 25, 2001 - Richard M. Stallman, # president of the Free Software Foundation, announced today that # New York University has asked him to deliver a talk that will # counterbalance the speech made on May 3, 2001 at NYU by Craig # Mundie of Microsoft. # # Stallman, author of the GNU General Public License, will deliver # this speech, entitled "Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation", # at Warren Weaver Hall, Room 109 at 251 Mercer Street on the New # York University campus. The speech will be held at 10:00 AM on # Tuesday, May 29, 2001, and a press conference will immediately # follow the speech at 12:15 PM. The press is also invited to a # reception at 09:30 AM at the same location. # # Stallman's speech will cover the importance of software freedom # and cooperation among programmers and users, and why the GNU # project developed the GNU General Public License to facilitate # sharing, cooperation and freedom. # # To help correct the myths propagated by Mundie's statements, # the Free Software Foundation has published a frequently asked # question (FAQ) list about the GNU General Public License (GNU # GPL). This FAQ list addresses many misconceptions about the GNU # GPL. That FAQ list is available at: http://www.gnu.org/copyle # ft/gpl-faq.html. # # In Microsoft's first attack against the GNU GPL earlier this # year, Jim Allchin of Microsoft, claimed the GNU GPL threatens # the American Way. Stallman responded with an essay that shows # how the GNU GPL reflects and embodies the American spirit. That # essay is available at: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gpl-amer # ican-way.html.
