Big Picture Seminar Brisbane: Richard Stallman
| Event Start Date: | 23rd Sep 2010 5:30pm |
| Summary: | Title: Education Across The Nation - Free Software in Ethics and in Practice |
| Event Type: | Free Seminar |
| Event Location: | Brisbane |
| Target Audience: | Researchers; Programmers; Mathematicians; Engineers; Scientists; Students |
| Address: | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets South Bank, Brisbane |
Title: Education Across The Nation - Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
Speaker: Richard Stallman
When: Thursday, 23 September 2010, 5.30pm for a 6pm start - 8.30pm
Venue: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets, South Bank, Brisbane
RSVP: bigpicture-rsvp@lists.nicta.com.au
Abstract:
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.
Biography: Richard M. 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 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.
Richard 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.