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 Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms. -- Brian D. Ropers-Huilman, Director Systems Administration and Technical Operations Minnesota Supercomputing Institute <bropers at msi.umn.edu> 599 Walter Library +1 612-626-5948 (V) 117 Pleasant Street S.E. +1 612-624-8861 (F) University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus Minneapolis, MN 55455-0255 http://www.msi.umn.edu/