The GNU General Public License: What We've Changed in Version 3, and Why.

Start: Sep 10 2007 - 12:30pm

End: Sep 10 2007 - 1:30pm

Name of Speaker:

Richard Stallman

Title of Event:

The GNU General Public License: What We've Changed in Version 3, and Why.

Speaker's Bio:

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 the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.

Topic Description:

The purpose of the GNU General Public License is to establish the essential freedoms for all users of all versions of a program. Richard Stallman, who launched the development of the GNU operating system will explain how version 3 does this job better.