For those of you in Calgary, Richard Stallman will be on the U of C
Campus on February 3:
The
2009
Merv Leitch, Q.C.
Memorial
Visiting Chair in Law Lecture
By
Richard Stallman
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, redistribute it, and
make changes – no matter how large or small – to it. The GNU/Linux
system, which is basically the GNU operating system with Linux added,
is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received
the Association for Computing Machinery’s 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 doctorate degrees.
“Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks”
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 severe
punishments, and to increase their copyright powers while suppressing
public access to technology. But according to
Mr. Stallman, 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.
Tuesday February 3, 2009
12:15 to 1:30 pm
Room 2370, Murray Fraser Hall
Rob Tiessen
Head, Access Services
University of Calgary Library
[hidden email]
403-220-6043
Robin Millette wrote:
Bonjour, hi,
(français en dessous)
Richard Stallman will be in Montreal for a few days to give talks on
Copyright at CUSEC and the Free Software Movement at Concordia. He's
also available for an informal meeting Friday with people from GOSLING
to talk free software and government. More details here:
http://rym.waglo.com/wordpress/2009/01/21/venez-rencontrer-richard-stallman/
Richard Stallman sera à Montréal pour quelques jours pour donner des
présentations sur le droit d'auteur à CUSEC et le movement du logiciel
libre à Concordia. Il sera aussi disponible vendredi pour une
rencontre informelle avec des gens de Oisillon pour discuter de libre
et de gouvernement. Plus de détails ici :
http://rym.waglo.com/wordpress/2009/01/21/venez-rencontrer-richard-stallman/
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