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Richard Stallman @ University of Lincoln
29/11/2013 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Richard Stallman
Will be speaking on the 29th November at 6pm, with the topic of:
“A Free Digital Society”
Richard’s speech will be nontechnical, admission is free and it is open to all members of the public.
The abstract:
There are many threats to freedom in the digital society. They include massive surveillance, censorship, digital handcuffs, nonfree software that controls users, and the War on Sharing. Other threats come from use of web services. Finally, we have no positive right to do anything in the Internet; every activity is precarious, and can continue only as long as companies are willing to cooperate with it.
We would love to see some of you there! If you would like to attend, we would kindly ask you to register with the FSF to ensure we will be able to accommodate everyone. Please follow the registration link. The talk is located in:
Jackson Lecture TheatreMain Administration Building
Brayford Pool
University of Lincoln
The building is 5 minutes walk from the train station, and there are nearby car parks should you wish to drive. Maps of the campus can be found here.
If you have any questions or queries, please let me know.
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Feltwell
Technician – School of Computer ScienceUniversity of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln,
LN6 7TS
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Here are a few topical links in the news at the moment as to why all this makes a difference to everyone:
Richard Stallman decides Emacs should go WYSIWYG
Tim Berners-Lee says ‘surveillance threatens web’
LG: You caught us! Our smart TVs really DO spy on you
Vint Cerf: ‘Privacy may be an ANOMALY, now over’. And it’s no secret I think that
With rms, there is always a guaranteed good discussion!
Tim Berners-Lee? The man who supports DRM in HTML5 is worried about surveillance on the web?
I wonder haw he squares that in his head.