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Dr. Richard Stallman to give free talk and QA at Georgia Tech Jan.
23rd 2-5pm
Author : rockenman1234
Score : 48 points
Date : 2025-12-21 17:59 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| rockenman1234 wrote:
| The event is free and open to the public. This will be Dr.
| Stallman's first talk at a U.S. college since his cancer
| diagnosis and successful recovery in 2019. Seating is available
| on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that we will be
| accepting cash-only donations for our fundraiser at the event.
|
| If you'll be in Atlanta that week - or simply want the
| opportunity to see and meet Dr. Stallman - this is a rare chance
| you won't want to miss!
| gnerd00 wrote:
| The first and only time I met Richard Stallman was at a small
| private talk in Palo Alto at MacAurthur Park. About 20 people at
| most I would say. His rigor and attentiveness to detail stood out
| brightly, even amongst a room full of PhDs and others. I was
| startled by the talk at the time and I have to say that those
| ideas have never left me since then. The content of his careful
| polemic have only grown in weight and relevancy today, whatever
| your own views are.
|
| It is an honor and achievement of a society that Richard Stallman
| may speak and say what he chooses to say, in 2025.
| rockenman1234 wrote:
| Thank you! I agree - it's an honor to host RMS for a talk! We
| will be posting video recordings of the event online afterward,
| so please keep an eye out if you're interested in hearing what
| he has to say in 2025.
|
| > It is an honor and achievement of a society that Richard
| Stallman may speak and say what he chooses to say, in 2025.
|
| Georgia Tech, as a public institution, takes the First
| Amendment very seriously (see:
| https://provost.gatech.edu/academic-freedom-and-freedom-
| expr...). Our student organization has worked hard with the
| College of Computing and other members of the administration to
| ensure that all of RMS's requests have been met.
| schmuckonwheels wrote:
| I believe Stallman's doctorate is honorary. Courtesy of
| Wikipedia:
|
| >With regard to the use of this honorific, the policies of
| institutions of higher education generally ask that recipients
| "refrain from adopting the misleading title" and that a recipient
| of an honorary doctorate should restrict the use of the title
| "Dr" before their name to any engagement with the institution of
| higher education in question and not within the broader
| community.
|
| This, however, does not overshadow his contribution to computing
| and I must say that as of 2025, he has been right about most
| things (with the possible exception of secure boot).
| Cpoll wrote:
| He's considered and written about this very subject:
| https://www.stallman.org/articles/dr-stallman.html
| rockenman1234 wrote:
| Dr. Stallman has received 15 honorary doctorates (see:
| https://www.stallman.org/articles/dr-stallman.html). After a
| certain point, the consistency of such recognition speaks for
| itself. TBH after like 5 I would start seeing the point of
| calling myself 'doctor'. Georgia Tech also awards honorary
| doctorates through the statewide university system, and as
| such, there is no institutional policy dictating how
| individuals are to address one another.
|
| I appreciate the concern and agree that RMS has been
| extraordinarily influential in the field of computing. We will
| be posting videos of the event afterward, so if you're
| interested in hearing what he has to say in 2025, please keep
| an eye out!
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