Richard Stallman will be in the UK

[dguaraglia]

Hi guys,

Sorry if this is a bit out of the groups scope. Apparently RMS is
going to be in the UK and has not much to do, so he's looking for
talking opportunities. I don't know if he's planning to charge for it,
but it could be a nice way to raise awareness about the group.

Read more about it here:
https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html

Cheers,
David

[Tibs]

I was reading his notes on how to treat him if he's visiting, just
today (can't remember what that was linked from - indeed, it must have
been down-thread from the link you give -
https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html).
Given his remarks on what sort of event he wants to talk to, I don't
think CamPUG itself would be appropriate to ask him to come (I doubt
he'd approve of Pythons license not being GPL, for a start). And I'm
not sure I'd like him, so I'd not offer him a place to stay.

I think he did speak in Cambridge relatively recently, though (hmm,
first few months of this year, thinking on it).

Tibs

[David Guaraglia]

Hah, he does have a... way of saying things, to put it mildly. I'm not
much of a fan.

That said, it was more of a heads up to the individuals in the list
than CamPUG itself. They might see wheat were we only see chaff :)

- David

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[Lemur Consulting]

I saw him talk at the CODE conference at a Cambridge college many years
ago. His own talk was interesting and inspiring, but then later a young
lawyer took the stage to explain how current UK law worked with respect
to copyright, free software etc. - and RMS stood up and started ranting
at the guy - as if the lawyer was personally responsible for the law. It
was embarassing and rude. Afterwards, walking past RMS surrounded by a
group of fawning admirers, I decided I didn't want to see him talk ever
again.

Charlie