Invitation to FSF Event in Philadelphia
Ravi Khanna <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.nonprofit |
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| Organization | Free Software Foundation |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Dear Friends, I am writing to invite you to a luncheon talk being hosted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) <http://www.fsf.org> in conjunction with the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) <http://www.nten.org/ntc> on March 26,2004 in Philadelphia. The talk by Professor Eben Moglen <http://moglen.law.columbia.edu> will focus on “Ethical and Political Issues of Freedom in the Use of Software”. Eben is Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia Law School and Board Member and General Counsel to FSF. He is a nationally recognized authority on alternatives to contemporary copyright and patent law. He will speak about FSF's fundamental belief that technology exists to help people. He will also talk about the GNU General Public License (GPL) <http://www.fsf.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL>,the legal instrument created by FSF to guarantee that right. Eben is also going to be part of a panel at the NTC "Why Should you Care about Open Source? How Open Source Aligns with the Values,Strategies, and Tactics of the Nonprofit Sector" <http://www.nten.org/conferences-2004-ntc-care>. Staff from FSF will also participate in Penguin Day <http://www.penguinday.org> on March 28, 2004 also in Philadelphia. FSF is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use,study, copy, modify and redistribute computer programs, and spreading awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. To attend, please RSVP to [email protected] or by calling 617-620-9640. Gianni's Bistro is located inside Hotel Windsor (across from the Wyndham Hotel) at 1700 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, (215) 972-8211. Hope to see you there. Regards, Ravi Ravi Khanna Phone: +1-617-542-5942 ext.22 Director of Communication Cell: +1-617-620-9640 Free Software Foundation Fax: +1-617-542-2652 59 Temple Place, Suite 662 E-mail: [email protected] Boston, MA 02111-1307 Website: www.fsf.org Please support the Free Software Foundation http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=surya&p=surya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]