Richard Stallman will arrive in Moscow in February-March

    Richard Stallman  Photo: chrys.The founder of the modern concept of free software, the GNU project, the Free Software Foundation and the League for Programming Freedom, the legendary Richard Stallman , will come to Moscow. He had already given preliminary consent and promised to find time for a visit in late February - early March 2008. Most likely, the visit will last five to six days. In terms of the visit - meetings with the public, supporters of open source software, students, officials, etc. Perhaps Stallman will even speak in the State Duma, as he arrives at the invitation of Deputy Viktor Alksnis.

    The initiative to invite to Moscow Stallman madeVasily Leonov, one of the Russian open source activists who has lived in the United States for a long time and is personally acquainted with Richard Stallman. It is Vasily who will organize the visit, so that you can contact him with specific offers right now.

    “For 15 years of participation in the Linux community (my code is in the core of every copy of Linux), I have a good understanding of formal and informal approaches, numerous business contacts in the USA, where I lived for several years in the 90s,” writesVasily Leonov. - From a purely utilitarian side, the market sector, captured by MS with a few allies, is very large and everyone who takes part in its fair redistribution will not regret it. Both at the individual and public level, as well as moral-psychological and, of course, state. Russia as a whole, for example. On the objective side, this redistribution is inevitable, since there is nothing to object to the significant savings in licensing in the long run.

    It might be worth organizing an international forum on the topic “For Free Software and the Information Security of Russia”. Invite Stallman - for a long time he was not in Russia, for a long time I have not seen him. He takes part in public life with pleasure, some criticize him for this, but after his contribution he can already do what he wants and how he wants. A very strong personality, an unconditional supporter of genuine freedom and justice. ”

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