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Dr. Richard M. Stallman the author of GNU PL and the Founder of FSF now on a visit to Sri Lanka.
Friday, 18 January 2008 - 5:11 PM SL Time

Dr. Richard M. Stallman the author of the GNU Public License (GPL) and the Founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on a visit to Sri Lanka. Dr. Stallman, fondly known as RMS is considered one of the most influential thinkers on technology of the day.

His visit to SL is facilitated by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). Sri Lanka holds two public events which was absolutely free to the general public. One of the two events is currently being held at the SLIIT Auditorium, Malabe today (18 th) and the other was held on January 16th at the University of Peradeniya.

Addressing the gathering at Peradeniya, Dr. Stallman spoke on the topic of `Free Software in Ethics and in Practice` which cover the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by millions of users world-wide.

Dr.Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used around the world as a computer operating system.

He 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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www.news.lk ( The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka, January 18, 2008 )

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Ramz
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 		  18 Jan 2008 22:30:26 GMT  Report for Abuse   
Seems he is doing a great job... cool... keep it on man..

anyway... why all genius guyz look un-steady with their hair... look at abdul kalam, this guy...etc.. i think, they have no time to cut and arrange their hair... or their mind power is in their hair..
Jothipalahr
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 		  19 Jan 2008 19:01:00 GMT  Report for Abuse   
Hey Hey The Open source guys have been dreaming for this day as RMS is here...
Good show RMS and people wonder why you spent many years at the lab without a permanent home and why you dont even have a cell phone. Well they don't know that you don't have the doh for it. Some ask why you don't even cut your hair and kep it neat. Well that cost a lot of money right. and you get to have freedom right? just like cooking. doing your own thing your own way.
You don't use any technology that does not have free software right? Then what about planes, cars and other asoects that we use for day to day work and living that do use software but no one can modify or change it. What about that? can you get them to publish the code?
Why don't you face the reality man? Sri Lanka is quite good and well know for gulible people. See how this govenment and many other govenment came to power. Parts of Our acedemia is also the same, lot of gulible people. So RMS this is heven to you I think. Why don't you stay in Sri Lanka? may be we will regard you as prestigious citizen and give the same place like Sir Arther C Clerk. May be you can join the cabinet and become a minister too.
Minister for Software Freedom. ane meya Bila thamai

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