Darian Anthony Patrick on 11 Jan 2007 17:01:29 -0000 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - From Drexel CS talks mailing list... - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [talks] CS Distinguished Lecture, 1/16, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:53:20 -0500 From: David Breen <david@cs.drexel.edu> To: talks@cs.drexel.edu You are invited to a Drexel University Computer Science Distinguished Lecture The Danger of Software Patents Richard Stallman Free Software Foundation Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:00 PM Location: Bossone Research Center Auditorium (3100 block of Market Street) Abstract The lecture will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. Refreshments will be served before and after the lecture. _______________________________________________ Talks@cs.drexel.edu https://mail.cs.drexel.edu/mailman/listinfo/talks - -- Darian Anthony Patrick Principal, Application Development Criticode LLC (215) 240-6566 Office (866) 789-2992 Facsimile Web: http://criticode.com Email: darian@criticode.com JID: darian@jabber.criticode.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpm0sKpzEXPWA4IcRAg6jAJ4ng7ep9dSdYU+vq+UDOJMpOeltYwCcDjww mc9ZPD2KePEbRGWdrdrPQMI= =d9c1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.phillyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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