[Reader-list] Richard Stallman's talk Jan 08, 2008, Seminar Hall IIT Delhi 5 PM

[Anivar Aravind]

Dear All,

Richard M Stallman, Leader of the Free Software Movement, will beelivering a
talk at IIT Delhi

Venue: Seminar Hall, IIT Delhi
Date:   Jan 08, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 5: 00 PM

All are invited.


Stallman is the founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) which is
dedicated to promoting computer users' rights to study, copy, modify
and redistribute computer programmes. `Free as in freedom' being its
credo, FSF promotes the GNU operating system widely used today in its
GNU/Linux variant, based on the kernel Linux developed by Linus
Torvalds. Worldwide, there are more than 20 million users of GNU/Linux
systems today.

Stallman used what came to be known as `copyleft' to protect the ideal
of his movement and enshrined the concept in the widely used GNU
General Public License. His accomplishments as a programmer include
the text editor Emacs, the compiler GCC and the debugger GDB, all of
which are part of the GNU project.

The maverick crusader, who prefers to be called `rms' wrote in the
first dictionary of hackers that `Richard Stallman is just my mundane
name, you can call me rms.'

The need for free software is crucial for a developing country like
India where there is a constant struggle for cost-effective solutions.
Free software can also help bridge the country's digital divide by
encouraging collaboration and community work among
programmers and users.

--
Anivar Aravind