Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS), the farther of the gnu project, will be speaking in Toronto Febuary 2nd @ 5pm, in the Bahan Center (Bahen Center, 40 St. George Street Room 1160). This event is open to everyone and you can find the original notice here (Yes it is sad that I cant find a U of T link right now… guess my google skills aren’t up to snuff).
IMHO RMS is one of the founders of free software but you don’t need to be in computer science or a geek to understand what he is talking about. Lots of people use GPL software every day without even knowing it. WordPress, Google, Ubuntu, Wikipedia all use GPL software and so based of that I argue that RMS has been an extremely influential charter in the evolution of software (open or closed source) so it is a talk I would not miss.
Time: Febuary 2nd @ 5pm
Location: Bahan Center (Bahen Center, 40 St. George Street Room 1160)
If your going to be there and want to meet up for a beer after let me know, or friend me up.
Just to let you know, you spelled Ubuntu as “Ubunut” there!
Go RMS! Have fun at the event ^.^
@Jered
Typos … Thanks… And I will have fun!
I was able to see him earlier this week, when he spoke at RPI. After using GNU and GPL’d software and hearing so much about him, it was nice to finally see the man himself.
If anyone is in the Toronto area, this is not something you should miss!
You better be careful with your language whenever you address RMS. You don’t want to refer to free software as open source and expect a productive outcome. RMS will either ignore you or spend three or so minutes explaining why he doesn’t do open source.
@U, I know, If I do have a Q I will write it down and draft it before I ask it.
PDF Info http://www.cdf.toronto.edu/~cssu/StallmanVisit09.pdf