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GNU and Free Software Speakers - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)@import url('/print.css'); Skip to content | | Skip to search | Translations of this page Skip to navigation Sign up for the Free Software Supporter A monthly update on GNU and the FSF The GNU Operating System History Philosophy Licenses Downloads Help GNU Join the FSF! Search: GNU and Free Software SpeakersWe often get requests for speakers who can represent the GNU Projectand/or the free software movement at a conference, event or paneldiscussion. You can use this page to find someone to speak on behalfof the GNU Project and/or the free software movement. Speakers arelisted in alphabetical order by last name. If you would like toinvite one of these speakers to an event, please contact the speakerdirectly via email.This page ends with advice to people who would like tobecome speakers.The SpeakersRobert J. ChassellLoïc DacharyRichardo GalliJoshua GayGeorg C. F. GreveFederico HeinzBenjamin Mako HillBradley M. KuhnMatt LeeEben MoglenAlexandre OlivaBrett SmithRichard M. StallmanJohn SullivanRobertJ. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>BiographyRobert J. Chassell was afounding Director and Treasurer of the Free Software Foundation. The FSF wasfounded to support the GNU Project which restarted the movementtowards free software and open sources. The GNU/Linux operatingsystem and associated applications are the outcome of these efforts bythe Foundation. Chassell writes and edits. He is the author ofAn Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, co-author ofthe "Texinfo" manual, and an editor of more than a dozen other books.He graduated from Cambridge University, in England. He flies his ownairplane, enjoys astronomy, and has an abiding interest in social andeconomic history.TopicsChassell is especially good at introducing the concepts of freesoftware to audiences who have little or no previous experience withthe technology. Chassell can address the following topics:He can explain how your legal rights to copy, study, modify, andredistribute software encourage people to work collaboratively andprofitably.He can describe the way freedom shapes the technology of software tomake it accessible and empowering for both programmers and users.He can discuss the various business models used by companies to make profits with free software, both in rich and poor countries.He can speak on the ethical implications of free and restricted software, and how to arrange matters such that acting in a cooperative and law abiding manner is without doubt the best action, for legal, moral, and practical reasons.He can walk an audience of lawyers, and others who enjoy legal discussion, through the GNU General Public License paragraph by paragraph, and compare that license with other, somewhat different licenses.From his own experience, he can describe the history of free software from its beginning in the GNU Project through the rise of the phrase "open source" to the present flowering of GNU/Linux.LanguagesChassell speaks English, and has experience speaking to crowds for whomEnglish is a second language.Loïc Dachary <loic@gnu.org>BiographyLoïc first got involved in free software in 1987. He is now a seniordeveloper who has contributed to many software projects. In January 2001 heinitiated Savannah to improve the infrastructure of the GNU Project.Loïc also does volunteer work for free software organizations,mostly in Europe, to protect free software from legal threats andpromote cooperation and freedom.TopicsDevelopment of free softwareFree software and hacktivism The infrastructure and dynamics of the GNU Project Free software solutions for information retrieval LanguagesLoïc speaks French and English.Ricardo Galli<gallir@uib.es>BiographyRicardo Galli is an advocate of free software. He holds a PhD in ComputerScience and he is a professor of the University of Balearic Islands. Hehas more than 40 scientific papers, some of them devoted to free softwareissues. He has been teaching Operating System subjects based exclusivelyon free software and GNU/Linux since 1993. He has released several FreeSoftware programs (cpudyn, llaut, wp-cache, etc.). He research interestsinclude Small Worlds graphs, the impact of free software on the regionaleconomy and ethics applied to the use of software in research and highlevel education.TopicsRicardo Galli is willing to deliver speeches about the following topics: Definition and ethical aspects of free software. Economic impact of free software. Free software and Informatic Profession. Ethics, software, patents and copyright in the Information Society. Free software as an opportunity to [technologically] peripheral regions.LanguagesSpanish, English and comfortable with Catalan speaking audiences.Joshua Gay - jgay@fsf.orgBiographyJoshua Gay is part of the campaigns team at the Free SoftwareFoundation. He previously edited the book Free Software, Free Society. He is activein and familiar with a number of free software and free culturecommunities. Topics Joshua Gay can speak about: DRM issues and the FSF's Defective By Design campaign Media format patents, proprietary licensing, and the FSF's PlayOgg.org campaign Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows Vista, and the FSF's BadVista.org campaign How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals Why software should be free Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects Languages English Georg C. F. Greve <greve@gnu.org>Biography Georg C. F. Greve is a Physicist (German Diploma from the University of Hamburg) with experience in the areas of medical science, physical oceanography, biophysics and nanotechnology, although computer science has always been a focal point. Example activities are his authorship of the monthly GNU forum "Brave GNU World" and the program GNU Xlogmaster. He is also initiator and president of the FSF Europe. More information available at http://gnuhh.org.TopicsTopics Georg Greve can speak about include Visions for free software and the FSF Background, concept and future of the FSF Europe History, background and philosophy of free software and the GNU Project "Copyright in the internet age": implications for copyright of the digital revolution. Commercial, practical and sociological aspects of free software and the GNU Project The Brave GNU WorldLanguagesGreve speaks English and German fluently, and can deliver speeches ineither language.Federico Heinz <fheinz@vialibre.org.ar>BiographyFederico Heinz is a latin-american programmer and free softwareadvocate living in Argentina. He is a co-founder of La Fundación VíaLibre , a non-profit organization that promotes the free flow ofknowledge as a motor for social progress, and the use and developmentof free software as a powerful tool towards that goal. He has helpedlegislators such a Argentina's Ing. Dragan, Dr. Conde and Peru'sDr. Villanueva draft and defend legislation demanding the use of FreeSoftware in all areas of public administration.TopicsFederico can speak to audiences on a range of topics around FreeSoftware, including: general aspects of free software and the free software movement Free software's role for poor and developing countries Free software in the public administration Free software as an enabler for sustainable development Free software in educationLanguagesFederico speaks fluent Spanish, English and German, and can deliverspeeches in any of these languages. Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> Biography Benjamin Mako Hill is an author, technology and copyright researcher, activist, and consultant. He is currently working full time on research into the application of technologies and lessons learned in free software toward the production of other types of creative works a graduate student at the MIT Media Laboratory. He has been an leader, developer, and contributor to the free software community for more than a decade as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects. He is the author of the Debian GNU/Linux Bible and the Official Ubuntu book. Topics Mako can speak about:- Introduction to free software priniciples and practice Free software development methodology, project management techniques, and best practices Issues around financing voluntary free software projects Free software and free culture; Extending free software ideas to the world beyond software A more complete list of talks that Hill has given is also available. Languages English. He also used to speak Amahric as well but is very out of practice. Bradley M. Kuhn <speaker@ebb.org> Biography Bradley M. Kuhn is a supporter of the free software movement. He hacks on, teaches about and documents free software and advocates the importance of software freedom. Kuhn spent five years working for the Free Software Foundation, and served as its Executive Director for three of those. He now serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Software Freedom Law Center, which is a non-profit law firm that represents the FSF. Mr. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola College in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from University of Cincinnati. Before working full-time for the FSF, he worked as a free software consultant in the technology industry. Topics Mr. Kuhn can speak about: Software Freedom and the GNU Generation The GNU General Public License: Step By Step (a tutorial) Languages Mr. Kuhn speaks English, and can also converse some in Spanish. Matt Lee - mattl@fsf.orgBiographyMatt Lee is a campaigns manager at the Free SoftwareFoundation. Previously, he ran the free culture network, CNUK, for adecade from 1997. Matt lives in Manchester in UK, where he runs adedicated user group for free software users. Topics Matt Lee can speak about: DRM issues and the FSF's Defective By Design campaign Media format patents, proprietary licensing, and the FSF's PlayOgg.org campaign Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows Vista, and the FSF's BadVista.org campaign How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals Why software should be free Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects Languages Matt can deliver talks in English and moderate German. EbenMoglen <moglen@columbia.edu>Biography Eben Moglen is a professorof Law and Legal History at Columbia Law School and runs the Software Freedom Law CenterProfessor Moglen studies the history and changing nature of “intellectualproperty” ideas.Topics Professor Moglen is willingto deliver speeches about the following topics:The free software movement, in relation to other ideas of how to produce and distribute ideas.Why the current movement in technology will overcome the conventional idea in law.LanguagesProfessor Moglen speaks English, and can also converse some in French.Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva@fsfla.org>BiographyAlex is one of the founding board members of FSF Latin America. Since early 1990s,he has been free software user, then volunteer developer, thenevangelist and professional toolchain developer. He holds ComputingEngineering (1995) and Master in Computer Sciences (1998) degrees fromthe University of Campinas, where he pursues a Doctorate degree inComputer Sciences.TopicsFree software philosophy and the GNU projectMoral, economic and legal aspects of software freedomGPLv2, GPLv3, and some other licensesCopyright, patents, Digital Restrictions Management and otherthreats to your freedomsFree software in Latin AmericaLanguagesAlex is a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker and a fluent Englishspeaker.Brett Smith brett@fsf.orgBrett Smith is the Licensing Compliance Engineer for the Free Software Foundation. He runs the Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab.Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>BiographyRichard Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project, launchedin 1984 to develop the free operating system,GNU.Richard Stallman is the principal author of the GNU C Compiler, the GNU symbolic debugger(GDB), GNUEmacs, and various other GNU programs. Stallman currently serves aspresident of the Free Software Foundation.TopicsRichard Stallman has prepared speeches on the following topics:The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (Audio recordings and a textual summary of this speech are available.)Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks An audio recording of a similar speech is available.The Danger of Software PatentsDr. Stallman is also available for press interviews and paneldiscussions concerning all aspects of the GNU project and the FreeSoftware Movement.LanguagesDr. Stallman speaks English and French fluently, and can deliverspeeches in either language. He can also speak in Spanish if he hassufficient time in a hispanic milieu to remember forgotten wordsbefore the speech. John Sullivan <johns@gnu.org> Biography John Sullivan is currently the operations manager at the Free Software Foundation, where he has worked since early 2003. He is active in and familiar with a number of free software and free culture communities. While he has received more formal training as a penniless poet than a programmer, he has authored and currently maintains a few free software packages in his off time, and does freelance web development using free software tools. He has a B.A. in Philosophy from Michigan State University and an M.F.A. in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics John Sullivan can speak about: DRM issues and the FSF's Defective By Design campaign Media format patents, proprietary licensing, and the FSF's PlayOgg.org campaign Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows Vista, and the FSF's BadVista.org campaign How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals Why software should be free Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects Languages He is working on other languages but currently only speaks English well. Becoming aspeakerIf you have been working for some time in the free software movementand you would like to become a speaker, here are some suggestions.Carefully read the materials in the philosophy, gnu, and licenses directories.Arrange some opportunities to give speeches, perhaps to localorganizations in your area.When you feel you are ready, record a speech and email us to send us the recording.We'll then give you feedback and perhaps decide to list you as aspeaker.If you are not an experienced public speaker already, ToastmastersInternational is useful for practicing and learning about speaking.You may not want to pay too much attention to their merit badges anddegrees, unless you find them important to motivate you. Theimportant thing they offer is practice and feedback. back to topPlease send FSF & GNU inquiries tognu@gnu.org.There are also other ways to contactthe FSF.Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) towebmasters@gnu.org.Copyright © 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-0301, USAVerbatim copying and distribution of this entire article ispermitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.Updated:$Date: 2008/08/07 12:45:16 $Translationsof this pageCatalan [ca]English [en]português do Brasil [pt-br]Spanish [es] |
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