Past Events
The Free Software Movement and Its Future
Detailed location: Hirose Build 5F, 1-10-5 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-Ku, Akihabara, Tokyo, 1010021, Japan. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be in English without translation. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Thank you for registering.
FSF Compliance Lab IRC Meeting for October
The FSF Compliance Lab will hold a Q&A about all GNU licenses.
Resolved: Digital Restrictions Management Should Be Illegal.
Detailed location: Linsley Chittenden Hall, room 102, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Richard Stallman will be hosted by the Yale Political Union and engage in a debate with students. This debate will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
El Software Libre
Detailed location: Auditorio Ciudad de la Investigacion, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Del Supermercado Muoz y Nanne, 400 metros Norte hasta terminar la calle, San Jose, Costa Rica. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
El Peligro de las Patentes de Software
Location: Hotel Ramada Herradura, Autopista General Cañas, cruce San Antonio de Belén, frente a Mall Cariari, Heredia, Costa Rica. (Phone: + 50 6 2099 800) Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. This speech will be part of the Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informatica CLEI 2007 (comprising Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informatica CLEI 2007, XV Congreso Iberoamericano de Educacion Superio en Computacion CIESC 2007, Latin American Networking Conference LANC 2007, Taller Latinoamericano de Informatica para la Biodiversidad INBI 2007) which will take place from the 9th to the 12th of October.
El Software Libre en la Etica y la Practica
Detailed location: Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial Compensar Avda 68 No 49A - 47. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide.
IRC meeting to discuss AGPLv3 and GPLv3
The FSF Compliance Lab will hold a public IRC meeting to discuss AGPLv3 and other new GNU licenses.
The Danger of Software Patents
Location: "Rigolin" room, CEn.Ser Rovigo Fiere, Viale Porta Adige, 45, 45100, Rovigo, Italy. Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend. If you register at http://www.opensourceexpo.it, for 15.00 EUR you will have access to the entire expo and will receive a complimentary gift bag.
The Free Software Movement
Location: Sala Congressi, Auditorium "S. Caterina", Piazza Santa Caterina, Finale Ligure Borgo (SV), Italy. Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement and about the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be free and accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend. (Richard Stallman will give the speech in Spanish. There will be simultaneous Spanish-Italian translation.)
Free Software: Freedom to Cooperate
Location: Aula Magna, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy. 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. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend. Richard Stallman will be honored with a laurea honoris causa.
The Danger of Software Patents
Location: Politecnico di Milano, Room S01, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend. (There is a subscription fee for people who are not AICA associate members.)
Software Freedom Day: Boston
On the afternoon of September 15, 2007, the Free Software Foundation and BinaryFreedom (http://binaryfreedom.info) are hosting a Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org) event in downtown Boston. Please bring your friends and join us for talks, activities and outreach in support of software freedom. We'll be one node in a network of over 290 events worldwide, and it's not often we get the chance to make that kind of splash. It'll be a great chance to meet other hackers and activists in the area and to make plans for how we can work for software freedom on a concrete, local level. Let us know that you can come by emailing info@fsf.org, and keep up-to-date or even help us plan the schedule at http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day.
Copyright vs. Community.
Detailed location: Science 210, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA. Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright—to promote progress, for the benefit of the public—then we must make changes in the other direction. This talk will be hosted by the Computer Science Department of San Francisco State University. The talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
The Free Software Movement
Detailed location: University of San Francisco, Harney Science Center, Room 235 (the Kudlick Classroom), 2471 Golden Gate Avenue (opposite Chabot Terrace), San Francisco, CA.
Copyright vs. Community
Please rsvp to lectures@ischool.berkeley.edu or call 510-642-9257. Detailed location: UC Berkeley School of Information, South Hall, Room 110, Berkeley, CA 94720. ( http://www.berkeley.edu/map. Call 510-642-9257 or e-mail lectures@ischool.berkeley.edu for public transportation and parking recommendations.) Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright—to promote progress, for the benefit of the public—then we must make changes in the other direction. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
The Free Software Movement
Detailed location: San Jose State University, "Umunhum Room", Floor 2, Student Union Building, Student Union, Inc., One Washington Square, San Jose, CA. ( http://www.sjsu.edu/inc/content/campus_maps/maincampus.gif ) Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
GPLv3
Location: room 208A, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA. The purpose of the GNU General Public License is to establish the essential freedoms for all users of all versions of a program. I will explain how version 3 does this job better. This talk will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
The Free Software Movement
Location: room 102, Darwin Hall, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA. ( http://www.sonoma.edu/university/maps.shtml ) Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. This speech will be accessible to all audiences and the public is encouraged to attend.
El Software Libre
"El Movimineto del Software Libre y el Sistema Operativo GNU/Linux" -- Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II s/n, Teatrin Copernico - Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Ciudad Universitaria UNT, Trujillo, Peru. Ingreso libre. CertificacionL S.10.00 (soles). Inscripciones: Instituto SALI Av. Larco 100 (Frente a la O.R. - Trujillo).
El Movimiento del Software Libre
Detailed location to be announced.