[Fsf-friends] [Fwd: [Ilugc] Extramural Lecture by RMS @ IIT-Madras]

[Ramanraj K]

  This is a reminder about the RMS Talk at IIT-M on 7th. Please note 
that the talk has been advanced an hour earlier to 3:00 PM.  Links to a 
couple of posters are also available.

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Hello All,

Extramural Lecture by RMS @ IIT-Madras :-
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Topic  : "The Danger of Software Patents"

Speaker: Richard M Stallman (RMS)

Time   : 15:00 - 17:00 Monday February 7th 2005

Venue  : Central Lecture Theater (CLT), 
         Opp to Open Air Theater (OAT),
         HSB, IIT-Madras.

Posters: http://www.chennailug.org/meeting/info/eml-rms-bw.pdf
       : http://www.chennailug.org/meeting/info/eml-rms-color.pdf

Abstract of the talk :-

Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software
development.  Software patents are patents that cover software ideas.  
They restrict the development of software, so that every design
decision brings a risk of getting sued.  Patents in other fields
restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user.  
Economic research shows that they even retard progress.

About the speaker :-

Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system
(See http://www.gnu.org/ and http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/) 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 OS with Linux kernel 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 (See http://www.stallman.org/).

ALL ARE WELCOME :)

Bye :)
-- 
Bharathi S

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