[kwlug-disc] RMS talk hosted by UW CSC tomorrow

[Chris Frey]

I don't know what the controversy was, but the website says the talk
was cancelled.

- Chris


On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 02:15:30PM -0500, Jason Eckert wrote:
> I followed the RMS controversy when it happened, and to be honest, I'm a
> little surprised UW asked him to present as a result given today's
> academic climate.
> However, I think it's incredibly important that students who are entering
> computer science hear RMS's views on free software, which is why I think
> they invited him to talk. Without his radical free software viewpoint, it's
> difficult to put the spectrum of open source licensing in perspective.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 10:28 AM <tomg at sentex.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Quoting Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>:
> >
> > > I am a little surprised by this, but oh well.
> >
> > RMS seems like a good guy to me.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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