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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 La libertad de actuar con solidaridad social (interview Bogota, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Host(s):  Luis Fernando Medina C. (IMC Columbia)
Date:  November 2004
Location:  Bogota, Columbia
Language:  Spanish
Duration:  21min

Copyright © 2004 Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

Play The Dangers of Software Patents (Sydney, 2004)

By:  Richard Stallman
Recorded by:  John Jacobs
Date:  October 14, 2004
Location:  University of South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 49min

Copyright © 2004 Richard Stallman (speech)
Copyright © 2004 John Jacobs (recording)
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

Play Free Software, Free Society! (interview Edinburgh, 2004)

By:  Richard Stallman
Host(s):  anarchobabe (IMC Scotland)
Date:  May 27, 2004
Location:  Edinburgh Informatics Colloquium, UK
Language:  English
Duration:  22min

Copyright © 2004 Richard Stallman, anarchobabe (IMC Scotland)
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

Play Historia del software libre y las patentes de software (Girona, 2004)

By:  Richard Stallman
Host(s):  Joaquim Velayos, Joan Marti, Oriol Ferrari, Jordi Regincós
Date:  April 30, 2004
Location:  Universitat de Girona, España
Language:  Spanish (Castellano), introduced in Catalan
Duration:  2h 32min

Copyright © 2004 Richard Stallman and University of Girona
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

Play Software Freedom and the GNU Generation (Urbana, 2004)

By:  Bradley M. Kuhn and John Sullivan
Organizer:  The Free Software Society
Date:  April 24, 2004
Location:  Siebel Center for Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
Language:  English
Duration:  2h 4min

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Society
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

BMK's speech starts with a few seconds of background noise. (Possibly the projection screen motor).

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In this speech, Brad Kuhn, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, talks about his beginnings in the free software movement, and gives concrete examples from his experience as being a proprietary software developer as to why free software is a far better way to make and sell software. It should be considered a excellent introduction to free software. In the question and answer segment, Mr. Kuhn discusses with the audience far ranging topics that effect the future of the industry, such as the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, file formats, and the DMCA.

This speech was presented by the Free Software Society, a student organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign dedicated to the promotion of free software.