FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kent, Ohio – Northeast ACM in partnership with ACM Distinguished Speaker Program and the Kent State Computer Science Department will present Richard Stallman Talks, taking place at Kent State University's Kiva Auditorium on October 17th featuring
Dr. Richard Stallman.

NEOACM and Kent State Computer Science Department are extremely proud to bring Dr. Richard Stallman to Kent State University for the very first time.  Dr. Stallman is a software freedom activist and the main author of the GNU General Public License, the most widely used free software license.  Stallman developed the GNU operating system along with a number of widely used software components including the GNU compiler collection, symbolic debugger, and Emacs installed on millions of computers today.  He is also the founder and president of the Free Software Foundation.

Dr. Stallman's speech  A Free Digital Society, will address the many threats to freedom in our digital society, focusing on issues of non-free software that controls users, digital handcuffs, massive surveillance, and censorship that undermine the foundations of democracy. This is a non-technical speech and is open to the public. Following the speech, there will be a Q & A session with Dr. Stallman and attendees will be able to purchase his books and essays.

This event is FREE and open to the public, however seating is limited. This event will be held in the Kiva Auditorium on Kent State Campus at 800 E Summit St, Kent, OH.

"If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it."  RMS