------------------------------------------------------------------
> The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
> Joint Seminar
> Department of Computer Science
> Human Language Technology Centre
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Speaker: Richard Stallman
> Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation
> Father and current maintainer of the One True Emacs
>
> Title: "The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux
> Operating System"
>
> Date: Tuesday, 6 September 2005
>
> Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
>
> Venue: Lecture Theatre A
> (Citigroup Lecture Theater,
> Chia-Wei Woo Academic Concourse)
> Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
>
> ABSTRACT:
>
> Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free
> Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system,
> which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions
> of users world-wide.
>
> He will also also consider 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.
>
>
> *******************
> BIOGRAPHY:
>
> 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.
>
>
> For enquiry, please call 2358 7008 or
> visit our web site at http://www.cs.ust.hk/pg/seminars/
> *** All are Welcome ***