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Recordings about GNU Philosophy and History

We only list here recordings that are hosted on audio-video.gnu.org. Introductory videos explaining basic notions come first, and are marked with an asterisk. The other recordings are in reverse chronological order. Associated resources (transcripts, subtitles, etc., if any) are also listed.

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Play The State of the Free Software Movement (2022)

By:  Richard Stallman
Host(s):  Free Software Foundation
Date:  April 13, 2022
Location:  Online event (BigBlueButton)
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 32min

License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, RMS gave his talk over audio only.

  • Audio Ogg Vorbis (47.2 MB)
Play Intro to Free Software and Online Dis-Services (2022)

By:  Richard Stallman
Host(s):  Jeffrey Peterson at Jeff.pro (FOSS user group)
Date:  January 26, 2022
Location:  Online (BigBlueButton)
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 55min

License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)

TEDx video followed by Stallman's speech.

  • Video 1280x720 WebM VP8/Vorbis (1.29 GB)

Stallman covered many topics about free software that were not included in the TEDx talk, but forgot that it didn't cover copyleft, so he did not speak about that. To learn about copyleft, the license technique he developed in 1985, see What is Copyleft?