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The XV LNF Spring School "Bruno Touschek"
SPRING SCHOOL COLLOQUIUM ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Richard Matthew Stallman
(President, Free Software Foundation)
Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
Tuesday May 11th, 6:30pm
Scuderie Aldobrandini - Frascati (RM)
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.
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.
No registration to the School is requested to attend the
Colloquium.
Participation is free and open to everyone.
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