[chuug] [forwarded] Richard Stallman in town

[Patrick P Murphy]

I figured most of us would be at least halfway interested in this...

 - Pat

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Subject: Richard Stallman is speaker, Friday, March 28 at 2:30 pm in Gilmer 130
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:32:27 -0400
From: Christine Palazzolo <cmh3g at cs.virginia.edu>
To: cs-announce at cs.virginia.edu, SEAS-faculty at virginia.edu

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM

SPEAKER: Richard Stallman
  TOPIC: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
   DATE: March 28, 2008
   TIME: 2:30 p.m. (Refreshments will be served.)
  PLACE: Gilmer Hall 130
   HOST: Mary Lou Soffa

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.

Biography: Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU
operating system (see www.gnu.org <http://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 Takeda Award for Social/Economic
Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.

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Christine Palazzolo
Assistant to Mary Lou Soffa
Computer Science Department
P. O. Box 400740
Charlottesville, VA 22904
434.982.2225
434.982.2214 (fax)
christinep at virginia.edu <mailto:christinep at virginia.edu>

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