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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 Free Software Movement and the Development of the GNU Operating System (2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Event:  DebConfII-ES, Guadalajara, Spain, December 16-18, 2005?
Date:  December 2, 2005
Location:  Recorded in Indonesia?
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 3min

Copyright © 2005 Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

  • Video 720x480 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (619 MB)
Play Software for Development: Is Free/Open Source Software the Answer? (Tunis, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Event:  UNDP-APDIP FOSS Panel at WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)
Date:  November 18, 2005
Location:  PalExpo Kram, Tunis
Language:  English with subtitles in several languages
Duration:  16min

License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 320x240 WebM Theora/Vorbis (66.4 MB)
  • Subtitles (SubRip format): 
    • English (not checked for accuracy; by Longbow4u, CC BY-SA);
    • suomi (by Uusijani, proofread by Mikko Viinamäki, CC BY-SA);
    • Deutsch (by Longbow4u, proofread by www-de, CC BY-SA);
    • українська (by Samerhil, proofread by Андрій Бандура, CC BY-SA).
Program of the WSIS
  • Richard Stallman, Founder, Free Software Foundation (Keynote, 15-20min)
  • Bruce Perens, Vice President, Sourcelabs, Inc. (Keynote, 15-20min)
  • Louis Dominique Ouedraogo, Inspector, UN Joint Inspection Unit (Panelist, 5-7min)
  • Mark Shuttleworth, President, Ubuntu Foundation (Panelist, 5-7min)
  • Shane Wall, General Manager, Channel Software Operation, Intel Corporation (Panelist, 5-7min)
  • Robert Kramer, Vice President of Public Policy, CompTIA (Panelist, 5-7min)
  • Kenneth Cukier, Technology Correspondent, The Economist (Moderator)
Play Free Software and Education (Taipei City, Taiwan, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  September 2005
Location:  Sina.com, Taipei City, Taiwan
Language:  English
Duration:  40min

Copyright © 2005 Richard Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 320x240 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (162 MB)
Play What is Free Software? (Hsinchu City, Taiwan, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  May 27, 2005
Location:  National Center for High Performance Computing, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Language:  English
Duration:  2h 12min

Copyright © 2005 Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

  • Video 352x240 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (139 MB)
  • Audio Ogg Vorbis (19 MB)
Play Las libertades del software libre (recorded for ARCIS, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  May 23, 2005
Location:  Recorded at the National Center for High Performance Computing, Taiwan, for ARCIS (Africa Regional Centre for Information Science)
Language:  Spanish
Duration:  1h 15min

Copyright © 2005 Richard Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 320x240 Ogg Theora/Vorbis:
  • Audio Ogg Vorbis (12 MB)
Play The Danger of Software Patents (Calgary, 2005)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  May 18, 2005
Location:  University of Calgary, Canada
Language:  English
Duration:  2h

Copyright © 2005 University of Calgary Unix Users' Group and Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

  • Video 320x240 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (201 MB)
  • Audio Ogg Vorbis (79.6 MB)