[Nets-seminars] Fwd: Richard Stallman at Birmingham: Thursday 25 August, 6pm

[Bruno Wassermann]

The creator of GNU and Free Software will give a talk at the University of Birmingham next week! This event is likely to be of interest to many of us, hence the wide circulation. Thanks to Rami for the invite. 

-- Bruno

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From: Rami Bahsoon <r.bahsoon at cs.bham.ac.uk>
Date: 17 August 2011 14:45:31 GMT+01:00
To: "B. Wassermann" <B.Wassermann at cs.ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Bob Hendley <R.J.Hendley at cs.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Richard Stallman at Birmingham: Thursday 25 August, 6pm
Reply-To: r.bahsoon at cs.bham.ac.uk


Speaker: Richard Stallman, of the Free Software Foundation
Title: Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks
The University of Birmingham

Abstract:
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. 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 to increase their copyright
powers, while suppressing public access to technology. 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.

About The speaker:
Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and
started the development of the GNU operating system in 1984. GNU is
free software; everyone has the freedom to copy it, redistribute it,
and make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system 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 Takeda Award for
Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.
Unusual Time & Place:
Date/Time: Thursday 25 August, 6pm
Venue: Haworth Lecture Theatre, Haworth Building, The University of Birmingham
Directions to Birmingham University:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions/index.aspx

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Dr. Rami Bahsoon

Lecturer in Software Engineering

School of Computer Science,
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~rzb/

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