Richard Stallman: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice

	Speaker	Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
	Title	Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
	Date and Time	August 26th, 3:30pm - 5:30pm, Reception Follows
	Location	McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX
	Directions	This is easy to find once you are inside building 20 on this map. Parking directions.

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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.

Speaker's Biography

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.

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To learn more: Check out his Blog, the announcement of GPLv3, or the Wikipedia articles on him, the Free Software Foundation(FSF), the GNU Project, the GNU Operating System, and the GNU License.

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Related: Speaker will also give another talk on August 25th. Rice Events Announcement. Some fun links courtesy Seth Fogarty (1, 2, 3).

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Photo of Stallman is by Sam Ogden. The GNU photo maybe copied and distributed worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.