הרצאה של ריצ'ארד סטלמן, אבי תנועת הקוד הפתוח, בארץ

לפני הכל חשוב לי לציין שאינני שייך לקבוצת המארגנים ואינני שותף לדרכם ו/או דעתם הפוליטית של המארגנים ו/או ריצ'רד סטלמן.

אני מפרסם את הדברים כפי שהתפרסמו ומתוך כבוד למארגני הביקור אינני עורך את הדברים

אני מקווה שמתוך סובלנות וסבלנות לדעתו של האחר נקבל את הדברים בצורה נכונה ולא נהפוך את הפוסט הזה לעניין פוליטי

"A Free Digital Society"?

Activities directed at ``including'' more people in the use of digital
technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is
invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by
immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms
of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on
what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to
work towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure
it is the good kind.

What: A talk by Richard Stallman sponsored by the jaffa youth movement

Where: the Al Saraya Theater courtyard Mifratz Shlomo St. 10
Ancient Jaffa (Near the HAMAM)

When: July 22nd at 3pm (sharp).

Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and started 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 the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.

The organizers of the event would like it to be known that they are in full support of the rights of Palestinians. In particular, the organizers support the call for boycott of complicit Israeli institutions. Richard Stallman is following the boycott during this trip out of respect to the Palestinian hosts who invited him to the region