On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Brian D. Ropers-Huilman wrote: > http://www.msse.umn.edu/events/Richard-Stallman-Free-Software-Movement-and-GNULin > > Richard Stallman: The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System > Date of Event: Tue, 10/21/2008 18:30 > Location: Willey Hall 175, West Bank campus This is great news. He is one of my heroes. I hear a lot of negative talk about him -- he's "a smelly hippy" or he exaggerates the importance of GNU as opposed to Linux, or we shouldn't use the term "GNU/Linux". I find very little merit in any of those claims and there is usually a lot of anger behind them. I'm not sure why. One thing is for certain: Richard Stallman has been a relentless advocate for an idea that is changing the world in a very positive way. Free software licensing (Stallman's contribution) combined with the internet for distribution and the widespread availability of GNU/Linux OS on PCs is making amazing things happen, even in developing countries. Stallman wrote a lot of code, but many thousands of others have contributed. Stallman's genius was to be the source for all that followed -- the Itasca of the Free Software / Open Source movement, and he will always have my admiration. Mike