Am 03. May, 2002 schwätzte Jeff so:

> Who is Richard M. Stallman and what is his importance in life? and why do
> we want to hear him talk if he is anal about dumb stuff?

rms started the GNU Project, www.GNU.org, in 1984. He is the principle
author of the GNU Public License ( GPL ) and verious pieces of software that
make 'Linux' possible.

GNU software forms the basis of the operating system that runs on the Linux
kernel. There are many other pieces of software that make that all possible.

For more about rms see the following two links. The first is a short bio for
his speaking engagements. The second is his home page.

http://www.gnu.org/people/speakers.html#Stallman
http://www.stallman.org/rms.html

A reason that we'd want to hear him talk is that he evidently knows the
ideals behind the Free Software movement best since he's the one that
defined it. I got answers to a few questions I had and had a few myths
dispelled when he was here before.

ciao,

der.hans
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