Hello,
We were able to organize a last minute event this evening in Boston
with Richard Stallman, President of the Free Software Foundation and
founder of the Free Software movement. We'd appreciate your quick
attention to this email and posting it on your calendar and emailing
it to the appropriate distribution lists.
We organized an event with Dr. Richard Stallman, President of the
Free Software Foundation and founder of the Free Software movement,
http://www.fsf.org/about/leadership/,
tonight, January 19, 2012 at 6:30 pm at The Colonnade Hotel on 120
Huntington Avenue.
We'd love to invite anyone affiliated with your community, though we
do ask that they RSVP so we ensure we have an appropriate sized
room. The event is free in all meanings of the word. While the talk
will touch on technical topics, the message of Internet Freedom,
Software Freedom and the discussion about SOPA and PIPA affects all
Internet users and legal scholars so please feel free to invite
anyone you think is appropriate.
Here is the brief abstract:
"The Cloud" is now advertising commonplace, but how does it affect
you? Some hail it as the technological miracle to solve all your IT
problems. Others decry it as the end of security and freedom. Many
are just confused. Together, we'll cut through this confusion and
separate the technical wheat from the marketing chaff, and learn how
to use new technologies to your best advantage and avoid falling
into the pitfall of "techno-feudalism".
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software movement, discusses
how we can ensure freedom in the network services we use, and the
dangers of relying on proprietary promises. Stallman will talk about
how phrases like "the cloud" can be meaningless and
counter-productive, and how we need to be aware of the implications
on our liberty that certain technical choices can have.
We'll also discuss why the pending SOPA and PIPA legislation will
destroy the stability and freedom of the Internet, why this is bad
for your personal computing but also bad for your business and what
action you can take to defeat these proposed laws.
And the full details and registration link can be found here: http://www.positive-internet.net/events/richard-stallman-no-freedom-in-the-cloud
We'd appreciate if you could let us know either way if you send it
out or not. As the event is tonight, we would appreciate a quick
decision.
Many thanks and please call me on 646 660 3252 if I can be of any
help.