[KLUG Members] [Fwd: [WMSUG] Brad Kuhn, VP of the Free Software Foundation (fwd)]
Steve Scherbinski
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This came up on the local Sun user group list, I thought you might be
interested.
Steve
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:54:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [WMSUG] Brad Kuhn, VP of the Free Software Foundation (fwd)
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Several members of our group have expressed interest
in this event. The Commons Lecture Hall is in the basement
of the Commons Building, see
http://www.calvin.edu/map
or contact me for directions.
W. David Laverell
Computer Science Department
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
616-957-6691
lave@calvin.edu
www.calvin.edu/~lave
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 03:42:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew Koop <mkoop73@calvin.edu>
To: abstraction-news@calvin.edu
Subject: Brad Kuhn, VP of the Free Software Foundation
Abstraction is pleased to have Brad Kuhn, VP of the Free Software
Foundation, come and speak at Calvin College. All are invited to this
event on Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30 in the Calvin Commons Lecture
Hall.
The topic for his speech will be "Software Freedom and the GNU
Generation." It will last approximately two hours. An abstract for the
topic is attached to the bottom of this message.
For those of you that aren't familiar with the FSF and GNU:
"The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like
operating system which is free software: the GNU system. Variants of
the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely
used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they
are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems."
http://www.gnu.org/
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
Please forward this along to anyone that may be interested.
Abstract:
Software Freedom, the GNU Generation, and the GNU General Public
License
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In this talk, I introduce the issues of software freedom, copyleft,
and the history and future of the Free Software Movement to an
audience that is generally familiar with computer software. (The talk
is geared towards computer users, but developers will not be bored.)
I discuss in detail the most popular copyleft license, the GNU General
Public License (GPL), and introduce its advantages for users,
programmers, and businesses.
In contrast to the talks given by the free software supporters who
founded the community (such as Richard Stallman), this talk comes from
the perspective of someone who came of age in the Free Software
Movement after the early work was complete. Thus, this talk addresses
the "GNU generation"---those of us who learned of free software only
after GNU/Linux systems were beginning to become popular.
In particular, I address the stark contrast of two existing worlds in
the software industry: the developers of proprietary software and the
developers of free software. As someone who has lived in both of
these worlds, I speak with some authority about the terrible
challenges and drawbacks faced in the proprietary software realm, and
how the free software community has overcome them by giving the same
freedom to all users, whether they program often, occasionally, or not
at all. I explain how one specific copyleft software license, the GNU
GPL, has worked to ensure freedom while creating a thriving user,
developer and business community.
Finally, I discuss the great challenges that we, the Free Software
Movement, face in the years ahead. Too often, people assume that
since the job of writing a core operating system is done (namely,
GNU/Linux and emerging GNU/HURD systems) that there is nothing left
for the Free Software Movement to do. I dispell this misconception by
giving real-world examples where we face challenges today. I also
identify dangerous trends that indicate challenges that we may face in
the future.
This talk takes approximately two hours, which leaves some time for a
question and answer session.
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