[Opensource] Richard Stallman - speaking in Melbourne 15 sept, @Unimelb

[Peter Ruwoldt]

For those in the western districts of Victoria he will also be speaking in
Mount Gambier on the 17th
http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=load&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10178580874484
<http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=load&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10178580874484>
Peter

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au> wrote:

> Education Across the Nation: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice
> by Richard Stallman
>
> 15 September, 2010, commencing 6 pm in the Copland Theatre, Economics
> and Commerce Building, Professor's Walk, University of Melbourne
>
>           Victoria Research Laboratory Event: September 2010
>
>
> The Victoria Research Laboratory of NICTA is pleased to announce the
> following event in September:
>
> The NICTA Big Picture Seminar will be delivered by Dr Richard M.
> Stallman, the pioneer in the development of the free software movement.
> Dr Stallman's presentation, Education Across the Nation: Free Software
> in Ethics and in Practice,  will talk 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 GNUoperating system (launched by Stallman in September
> 1983, while a student at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT), often
> erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these
> functions.  He is a staunch advocate for free software and has
> campaigned against copyright laws.  Stallman graduated from Harvard
> University magna cum laude with a BA in Physics in 1974.  He
> subsequently joined MIT's AI Lab as a programmer.  Stallman is the
> author of many important free software products such as Emacs, GCC and
> GDB.  The presentation will take place on Wednesday, 15 September, 2010,
> commencing 6 pm in the Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building,
> Professor's Walk, University of Melbourne (only a short walk from the
> Baillieu Library).  It is expected the presentation will last one to one
> and a half hours, after which time will be available for questions and
> answers.  At the conclusion of the event, refreshments will be served.
> As a large audience is expected, prior registration will be essential to
> attend this event.
>
> Further details about the event and the speaker are available at the
> NICTA Big Picture Seminar website -
> http://www.nicta.com.au/nicta_events/big_picture/vrl_seminars.
>
> If you would like to register your attendance, please email
> Katya.baxter at nicta.com.au, NICTA Victoria Research Lab, to leave your
> full name.
>
> NICTA is pleased to be holding this event as a joint initiative with the
> Australian Computer Society.
>
> You are encouraged to forward this message to colleagues and friends who
> may have an interest in this event.
>
> We look forward to welcoming you to our event.
>
> More info Contact:
> Luan Ismahil
> Victoria Research Laboratory
> NICTA
> Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Building
> Building 193
> The University of Melbourne
> Parkville   Victoria   3010
> Australia
>
> E: luan.ismahil at nicta.com.au
> T: +61 3 8344 8405
> W:   www.nicta.com.au
>
> --
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> Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au
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Peter Ruwoldt
Grant High School
Hosking Avenue
MOUNT GAMBIER  SA  5290

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