[Fsuk-manchester] [Fwd: [Sheflug] Stuart Langridge talk on Free Software, 6th October]

[Tim Dobson]

This looks to be an good talk if anyone is intersted in going.
Stuart gave a talk at Manchester Free Software back in February[1][2] - 
it was very enjoyable as well as insightful.
Unfortunately I won't make it, but if you missed the talk in February, I 
strongly recommend it.

Tim

[1] 
http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/2008/01/24/stuart-langridge-feb-19th-2008/
[2] http://www.archive.org/details/20081902_FSUK_Manchester_Talk

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Subject: [Sheflug] Stuart Langridge talk on Free Software, 6th October
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:53:12 +0000
From: Chris Warburton <address@hidden>
Reply-To: address@hidden
To: address@hidden

Hi everyone, I wanted to let the LUG know that the University's Free 
Software
Society will be hosting a talk by Stuart Langridge (Web developer and Free
Software advocate of LUG Radio fame) on Monday 6th October.

The talk will be about the importance and impact of software freedom, and
having been to some of Stuart's other talks I can say that it will 
definitely
be interesting, humourous and most likely a little offensive :P It's 
aimed at
those new to the community, so I'd encourage as many people to come as
possible if you want to learn more about the philosophy of GNU, Linux 
and Free
Software in general.

We're currently trying to sort out a bigger room so that's in a bit of 
limbo
at the moment, but we're meeting beforehand at the Swim Inn on West
Street/Glossop Road at 7pm*. Look for some Free Software tshirts or 
possibly
my ridiculously large hair. The talk itself should be from around 
8:30-9:30,
I'll send exact room details when they're finalised for those who can't 
make
it to the Swim Inn. If you're part of the University (student or staff), 
are a
current student with an NUS card, or are a member of the Free Software 
Society
then this will be free to attend. For anyone who's not then the regulations
require that you join the Free Software Society first, which costs £3 
(this is
so we can avoid booking fees we can't afford, and £3 is the smallest
membership fee we can charge) but that's only the cost of a drink these 
days
anyway :)

I'd appreciate if anyone interested sends a reply, either to the LUG 
list, to
me at address@hidden or the society at address@hidden so we 
have an
idea of the numbers to expect. You can also join our forum discussion here
http://www.fss.union.shef.ac.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5036#5036 . Spread 
the
word and forward this to anyone you think may be interested :)

* The University has useful information for travelling to the main 
campus here
http://www.shef.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel for those who need it. A more
detailed map is available here
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.37993&lon=-1.48065&zoom=16&layers=B000FTFT 

where the Swim Inn is to the north of Convent Walk.

Thanks,
Chris Warburton, Sheffield Free Software Society President

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