Gary must be (...)

Gary Johnson wrote:
> The big Emacsen-wrangler himself.
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>   ~Gary
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> FYI. At Champlain College. --Sean Wang
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>> *From:* Trono, John A.
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2008 9:45 AM
>> *To:* Faculty Mailing List; Class of 2006 Mailing List; Class of 2007
>> Mailing List; Class of 2008 Mailing List; Class of 2009 Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Richard Stallman speaking on 4/17/2008 ...
>>  
>> Copyright versus Community
>> in the Age of Computer Networks
>>  
>> Richard Stallman
>>  
>> Cheray Science Hall 101 ,AB�� 4:30pm on April 17^th , 2008
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>> Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
>> to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
>> press.  But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
>> networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.
>>  
>> The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for
>> draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while
>> suppressing public access to technology.  But if we seriously hope to
>> serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright--to promote progress,
>> for the benefit of the public--then we must make changes in the other
>> direction.
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>>  
>>  
>> Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system
>> (see www.gnu.org <www.gnu.htm>) 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 Takeda Award for Social/Economic
>> Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.  
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