Do we need to advise anyone that we'll be going? Or just turn up on the day?
Kyle On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 16:20, Kenny Duffus wrote: > Hi > > Thought some people might be interested in this. It is open to anyone. > > This map http://www.strath.ac.uk/maps/images/royal.gif shows where the > Royal College building is. > > Kenny > > > COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES SEMINAR > > > > Robert J. Chassell > > Founding Director and Treasurer of the Free Software Foundation > > > > Free Software: Access and Empowerment > > Thursday 7 February @ 14:00 > > Royal College room R641 - 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW > > > > Talk Abstract > > > > What I want to do is explain what free software is, describe its > > history briefly, and tell you how it gives you more access and more > > power within the world of the Internet and high technology. > > > > I will discuss the confusion that results from the two meanings of the > > word `free' in English, and the way the legal framework of freedom > > leads to competitive free markets. > > Then, I will talk about education and business. > > > > More at http://www.teak.cc/Access-speech.html ... > > > > About the Speaker > > > > Robert J. Chassell was a founding Director and Treasurer of the Free > > Software Foundation, Inc. The FSF was founded to support the GNU > > Project which restarted the movement towards free software and open > > sources. The GNU/Linux operating system and associated applications > > are the outcome of these efforts by the Foundation. > > > > Chassell writes and edits. He is the author of "An Introduction to > > Programming in Emacs Lisp", co-author of the "Texinfo" manual, and an > > editor of more than a dozen other books. He graduated from Cambridge > > University, in England. He flies his own airplane, and has an abiding > > interest in social and economic history. > > > > http://www.rattlesnake.com > > http://www.gnu.org > > > > -- > Kenny Duffus > Department of Computer & Information Sciences > University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK > Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3592 Fax: +44 (0)141 552 5330 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
