This may be of interest to anyone on this list in the Manchester or surrounding area.
Regards, Tony. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [man-lug] Richard Stallman talk - Manchester (1st May) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:04:56 +0100 From: Paul Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Please feel free to distribute this to other techy lists you may be on] 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 ---------------------------------------------- http://lists.manchester.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/man-lug ManLUG WWW Pages: http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/ -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
