June 2013 - Torreón, Mexico - At the Museo Arocena

Max Ulises de Mendizábal Carrillo, the IT director of the UNAM's (National Autonomous University of Mexico) Coordination of Open University and Distance Education (CUAED), gave a lecture on installing and configuring moodle, and the experience and opportunities provided by distance education. Maximino Gerardo Luna Estrada, in charge of Telecommunications and Informatics of the academic unit of development studies of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, spoke about the statistical software he is creating and pilot versions which will be tested in Torreón's training college. RMS then gave the keynote speech, discussing the origins of the free software movement, explained the four freedoms, the critical difference between free software and "open source," and the importance of the exclusive use of free software in schools and in governments.

(Photos under CC BY-SA 3.0 and courtesy of Max Luna.)

A huge thank you to Maximino Estrada Luna for organizing this event!

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