Richard Stallman
Talk Title:
2019: Mass Surveillance
2018: Computing, Freedom and Privacy
Dr. 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, with or without changes. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. He is also the president of the Free Software Foundation.
Awards
Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award and the ACM Software and Systems Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation‘s Pioneer Award, and the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several doctorates honoris causa, and has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.
Check out our interview with Dr. Stallman from our “Speaker’s Showcase” series!
Talk Title & Summary
“Computing, Freedom and Privacy”
The way digital technology is developing, it threatens our freedom, within our computers and on the internet. What are the threats? What must we change?
Watch his talk at LibertyBits 2018
Talk Title
Mass Surveillance
Get in touch with him
Email: rms@gnu.org
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