[Vanhackspace] Richard Stallman, live in East Van! Fri. Feb. 6th, 7:30-10pm

[dan anderson]

Awesome! Way to go for being sponsors, VHS!

Also, can someone add me to this list properly? I get emails from it,
and send some back sometimes, but my replies are always stuck in
moderator hell for between an hour and an aeon.

-D


2009/1/28 Ifny <ifny at freegeekvancouver.org>:
> ******          Technologist & author Richard Stallman,       ******
> ******             Live in East Van, speaking on...           ******
>
> 8888  Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks"  8888
> 8888                Friday February 6, 7:30-10pm                8888
> 8888          Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St           8888
>             (3 blocks north of Hastings, at Victoria)
>
> 8888               Admission FREE or by donation,               8888
> 8888           No one turned away for inability to pay          8888
>
> 8888              Live music by the Creaking Planks!            8888
> 8888              Tea and coffee will be provided.              8888
>
>
> Come hear about the total liberation of cyberspace! There will be plenty
>  of time for questions after the talk. This speech is designed to be
>      accessible to everyone; the public is encouraged to attend!
>
>       Online listing at <http://freegeekvancouver.org/en/RMS>
>
>    "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."
>
> ---
>
> 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. His book "Free Software, Free Society" will be
> available for purchase, and there will be a book signing after the
> talk.
>
> This lecture is being sponsored by:
>  * Free Geek Vancouver <http://freegeekvancouver.org>
>  * Simon Fraser University <http://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute>
>  * Vancouver Hack Society (VHS) <http://vancouver.hackspace.ca>
>  * Vancouver Fair Copyright Coalition <http://faircopy.ca>
>
> Richard Stallman will also be appearing at UBC the same weekend; see
> <http://www.fsf.org/events/rms-speeches.html> website for details.
>
>
> Links for the eager:
>
> * Free Software Foundation <http://fsf.org>
> * Free software for freedom <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html>
> * Linux and GNU <http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html>
>
>
>
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