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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 What Makes Digital Inclusion Good or Bad? (Paris, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  October 19, 2011
Location:  Sciences Po, Paris, France
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 34min

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

Activities directed at “including” more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.

Play A Free Digital Society (Philadelphia, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Organizer:  University of Pennsylvania's STWing (Science and Technology Wing residential program) and the Dining Philosophers
Date:  April 20, 2011
Location:  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 14min

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

  • Video 720x540 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (547 MB)
Play A Free Digital Society (Palo Alto, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Organizer:  Center for Internet & Society
Date:  April 11, 2011
Location:  Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 13min

Copyright © 2011 Richard M. Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 640x480 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (467 MB)
Play Free Software and Your Freedom (Portland, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  April 7, 2011
Location:  PSU Native American Student and Community Center, Portland, OR
Language:  English
Duration:  2h 17min

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

The video files are broken into segments, and are offered in both Ogg Theora and WebM in both 480p and 720p versions.

Play El software libre y tu liberdad (Ciudad Real, Spain, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Event:  Jornadas de Software Libre
Date:  March 16, 2011
Location:  Ciudad Real, España
Language:  Spanish
Duration:  2h 44min

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

  • Video 360x270 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (1.28 GB)
Play A Free Digital Society (London, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  March 7, 2011
Location:  2 Savoy Place, London, UK
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 18min

Copyright © 2011 Richard M. Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 448x336 Ogg Theora/Vorbis:
Play Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Sheffield, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  March 5, 2011
Location:  Sheffield University, UK
Language:  English
Duration:  2h 47min

Copyright © 2011 Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

  • Audio Ogg Vorbis:
    • Speech (127 MB, 1h 53min)
    • Q&A (57.7 MB, 54min 3s)
Play A Free Digital Society (Preston, UK, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  March 2, 2011
Location:  University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Language:  English
Duration:  2h 11min

Copyright © 2011 Richard M. Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 960x720 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (783 MB)
Play Qu'est-ce que c'est le logiciel libre ? (Lille, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Recorded by:  F. et Chtinux
Date:  February 23, 2011
Location:  Institut d'Études Politiques de Lille, France
Language:  French
Duration:  2h 8min

Copyright © 2011 Richard Stallman et Chtinux
License:  Creative Commons attribution, pas de modification, 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

Play Richard Stallman à l'Écho des gnous (Lille, 2011)

Host(s):  Alexandre, Tim et Aurore pour « l'Écho des gnous »
Recorded by:  F. & Chtinux (remix du jingle : Tim Oxy)
Date:  February 23, 2011
Location:  Radio Campus, Lille, France
Language:  French
Duration:  1h 7min

Copyright © 2011 Richard Stallman et Chtinux
License:  L'interview et les paroles de la chanson sont sous Creative Commons attribution, pas de modification, 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0); l'arrangement musical est sous Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions, 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Play The Danger of Software Patents (Brussels, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  February 22, 2011
Location:  Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
Language:  English
Duration:  1h 52min

Copyright © 2011 Richard M. Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)

  • Video 1920x1080 Ogg Theora/Vorbis (615 MB)
Play Introduction to Free Software (Delft, 2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Date:  February 21, 2011
Location:  Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Language:  English
Duration:  4min 37s

Copyright © 2011 Richard Stallman
License:  Verbatim copying and distribution of the entire speech recording are permitted provided this notice is preserved.

Play Free Software (2011)

By:  Richard Stallman
Event:  PirateCon, Prague, Czech Republic
Date:  January 29, 2011
Language:  English with English and Czech subtitles
Duration:  4min 56s

Copyright © 2011 Richard M. Stallman
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 (CC BY-ND 3.0)