Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce@lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request@lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin@lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." *** Please send replies to main@lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** oMMMoMo Mo MMMMMMMoMo " "o"o"o"o oMMMoMoM oMMMMMM"MMM" " " " " " "o"o "oMMMoMMM " oMo"M"oo MM" " MoMoMMMMMMM oM " " "oMMM " " MoMMMMMoMoMoooo Mo MMM MoMoMMMMMoMMMMM o" MoM " MoMM "MMo"oMoMMMoM"" MM " MMMMo MMMMMoMMMMMM" oM " MoMMM MMMoMMMo"MM Mo" "MMoMo ooMMMMMMMoMo" oMo oMoMMM " "oMoMMMoMoMo MoM oMoMMM MMMMMMMMMoMMM "oM oMoMMM "M"M"MMoMMMo" " o "oo " MMMM" MMMMMoMoM o" " "oM " " " "o MMMoMMMo"o M " oM " " MMMMMMMoMo o" "oMoMoooMo" " o " " MMoMMMoMoMo " "o"o MM"""""""oM oM " "MMo oMMMMMoMMMoMo " """ """ " o"MMMMoMMMoMMMo"MMo"o" o o o oo MMMMMMoMMMoMMMoMoMo MMMMM MMMo oMMM MMMo MMoMMM oMoMMMoMMMoMMMoMMMo"o oMMMMM MMMo oMMM "MMo MMM "MM MMMMMMMoMMMMMMMoMMMM" " " MMo"MMo MMMo oMM" MMMo oMM" """ " MoMMMoMMMoMMMo" " " MMMoMMMo MMMo oMM" MMMo oMM"oMoMo " "MMoMMMoMMM " " MMMMMMMo MMMo oMM" MMMo oMM" "MM oMMMoMoMoMMMoMMMoMo" " oMM" "oMM" "MMMMM" "MMMMM" MMMoMM" ooMMMMMMMoMMMMMMMoMMMoMo "M" " " " " " """ """ "oM """oMM" " " "MMoMMMoMMMoMM" " " " " " " " alug-announce : The Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group Today's Topics: 1. Forwarded message about Sheffield Linux Seminar (markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk) 2. RMS talking in London, 12 Feb (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:05:15 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] Forwarded message about Sheffield Linux Seminar Organization: Sheffield Linux User's Group Subject: Linux Seminar Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:05:45 +0000 Reply-To: Richard Ibbotson <richard@sheflug.co.uk> Hi Just a quick note to explain about our seminar in February. If you would like to know about Samba 2.3 then you might like to come along and ask Jeremy Allison some questions. You might also want to talk to Georg Greve who is the president of the European Free Software Foundation. For more info have a look at.... http://www.sheflug.co.uk/seminar.html There will also be several other speakers who can probably give you some interesting facts. Although the whole thing is free and lunch will be served you will need to use the online registration form so that we can understand how many people will be coming along for lunch..... http://www.clubukonline.co.uk/local-events/Linux/linux.html we find that for some reason just the Netscape browser refuses to look at this page but I'm fine with Opera, Konqueror and Mozilla. Thanks -- Richard www.sheflug.co.uk --__--__-- Message: 2 From: MJ Ray <markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:57:16 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] RMS talking in London, 12 Feb It looks as though I'll be there, as there's a possibly interesting (to me) conference in London that day. -- MJR Reply-To: Alex Hudson <home@alexhudson.com> To: FSFE-UK <fsfe-uk@gnu.org> Subject: [Fsfe-uk] [Fwd: [Gllug] Talk by Richard Stallman in London, 12 Feb] For those unaware, QMUL = Queen Mary, University of London, in the East end. I don't know if I'll be going yet - I'm going to try - if there are any fsfe-uk'ers going I might try harder ;) I know it's preaching to the converted, but hey. Alex. - -----Forwarded Message-----

Tuesday, 12 February at 7pm Skeel lecture theatre, the people's palace QMUL Mile End Campus http://www.qmul.ac.uk/travel/mileend.shtml

RICHARD STALLMAN, software hacker (in the "geek" sense), founder of the Free Software Foundation and of the GNU Project, and principal author of some of the most important GNU software, will briefly be in London in February. We are fortunate enough to have him come to Queen Mary, University of London, at short notice to give a public lecture on "Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks".

Stallman has a long-held belief that software should be free in the same way that mathematical knowledge has traditionally been free--this is manifested in the GNU General Public Licence (and friends) and "copyleft".

In order that we may gauge numbers, if you wish to attend the lecture please contact Sue White: suew/rms@dcs.qmul.ac.uk or 020 7882 5217.

Lecture Abstract:

Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.

The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress, for the benefit of the public--then what must be done is either to reduce copyright powers or effectively eliminate them, depending on the kind of work. Governments must now protect the public's right to copy.

Background URLs about the GNU project, "GNU/Linux" and free software:

http://www.uk.gnu.org/ http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html http://www.uk.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html

Richard Stallman's personal web page:

http://www.stallman.org/

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