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Submission + - The Founding of the first Faculty of Math

Submitted by on Saturday September 15, 2007 @10:43AM

An anonymous reader writes: Ralph Stanton, the man behind the founding of the worlds first Faculty of Math some 50 years ago recently gave a talk explaining the history of it all. He talks about how the faculty of math allowed mathematicians and computer science to be free from the constraints of other departments (such as Arts) to focus on there craft. He also talks about the politics behind creating the first Faculty of Math. Perhaps of more interest, he talks about how it has evolved over time and how computer science has changed the face of mathematics.

Submission + - Has copyright gone too far? RMS' views

Submitted by

holdenkarau

on Friday July 20, 2007 @12:28AM

holdenkarau writes: "Richard M. Stallman (RMS) recently gave a talk entitled Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks to the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club. The talk looks at the origin of copyright, and how it has evolved overtime from something that originally served the benefit of the people to a tool used against them and answers the question of how copyright has gone to far, and how to fix it. In keeping with RMS' desire to use open formats, the talk and qa session are only available in ogg theora."

Submission + - Richard Stallman talks on Copyright V. The People 5

Submitted by

holden

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @07:41PM

holden writes: "Richard M. Stallman recently gave a talk entitled Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks to the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club. The talk looks at the origin of copyright, and how it has evolved overtime from something that originally served the benefit of the people to a tool used against them. In keeping with his wishes to use open formats, the talk and qa are available in ogg theora only."

Submission + - RMS Talks about Binary Drivers & Free Software

Submitted by Mitchell Bogues on Monday June 04, 2007 @12:43AM

Mitchell Bogues writes: Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". RMS fielded a number of interesting questions relevant to the future of the free software movement including, "Do you support the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?". Can we expect Linux ever to see main stream adoption with these persistent driver and licensing issues still hanging around?

Submission + - RMS Talks about Binary Drivers and Open Source

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 28, 2007 @02:01AM

An anonymous reader writes: Newsforge has an article about a talk RMS recently gave to students at UCSD. RMS fielded a number of interesting questions relevant to the future of the free software movement including, "Do you support the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?". Can we expect Linux ever to see main stream adoption with these persistent driver and licensing issues still hanging around?

Submission + - Richard Stallman fields questions on Free Software

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @07:34PM

An anonymous reader writes: Newsforge has an article on a talk Richard Stallman recently gave titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Do you support the Creative Commons license?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http or bittorrent.

Submission + - New Direction for GNU

Submitted by Mitchell Bogues on Thursday May 24, 2007 @06:47PM

Mitchell Bogues writes: The great celebrities of the computing world are generally divided into two distinct camps — the perpetual Newsmakers, and the perennial Characters. Whereas the Newsmakers (Gates, ESR, etc.) are always bowling us over with new ideas or products, the Characters are so entrenched in their own personalities and personality cults that they can seem... immutable.
In a recent talk to the University of California, Richard Stallman, geekdom's most prominent Character, announced to everyone's surprise a dramatic change of vision both for the Free Software Movement and for GNU — taking them nearly full circle to the ideals of, say, GPLv2. Although it's clear that this new direction will cost the Movement a good many followers, it is difficult not to admire Stallman's strength of personality to admit he was wrong. No wonder Microsoft is afraid of him.

Submission + - An Overview on the Free Software Movement by RMS

Submitted by Andareed on Thursday May 24, 2007 @04:02PM

Andareed writes: Richard M. Stallman , founder of GNU, the FSF, and the Free Software Movement discusses the past, present and future of the GPL. In particular, RMS discusses the new GPLv3 and how it applies to software patents and propriertary software. He also discusses what he sees as the future of Linux and Hurd. He attacks binary-only drivers in the linux kernel (read: NVIDIA and ATI) and insists that companies must release open-source Linux drivers or "suffer the wrath of the Free Software Movement".

Submission + - RMS Talk at USCD

Submitted by

Lyle Spoons

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:28PM

Lyle Spoons writes: "http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/The%20Free%20Soft ware%20Movement%20and%20GNULinux%20Operating%20Sys tem,%20a%20talk%20by%20Richard%20Stallman%20at%20U CSD.html During the open question portion of his RMS addresses philosophical things like: Is it OK to use the binary nVidia and ATi drivers? — which is interesting in itself if you ask me."

Submission + - RMS Talks about Binary Drivers and other Open Sour

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:03PM

An anonymous reader writes: RMS recently gave a Free Software GNU/Linux talk to a group of students. RMS fielded a number of interesting questions relevant to the future of the free software movement including, "Do you support the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?". Can we expect Linux ever to see main stream adoption with these persistent driver and licensing issues still hanging around? In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by web (http) or bittorrent

Submission + - RMS lecture at UCSD

Submitted by

NaleagDeco

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @01:39PM

NaleagDeco writes: "Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http, bittorrent, and dijjer"

Submission + - RMS Fields Questions

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @01:28PM

An anonymous reader writes: Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Do you support the Creative Commons license?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http or bittorrent.

Submission + - RMS talk on The Free Software Movement

Submitted by dalektcalum on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:36AM

dalektcalum writes: Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http, bittorrent, and dijjer

Submission + - Linux, Windows, and Apple graphics programming

Submitted by calum t. dalek on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @07:17PM

calum t. dalek writes: Advanced graphics programming differs from platform to platform, but weather you are coding for the Wii,Vista, or Linux the common mathematical princples remain the same. In a recent talk given by "The Professor" (Christopher Evensen) he covers the linear algebra which everyone should know. Its an excellent introduction for those interested in getting started, or a good review for those already involved.

Submission + - Creating New Startups to beat Microsoft & Goog

Submitted by

holden karau

on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @06:49PM

holden karau writes: "Economist Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. He talks about how to leverage the power of open source, combined with domain specific knowledge to create software of actual value to users. He spends most of his talk looking how to make successful startup using specific examples, but he ends with some cautionary tails of how things can go wrong. A must-watch for anyone serious about hoping to create successful startups using open source software."

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