The event was organised by the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ETSE-UV) with the collaboration of the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit, Open Xarxes Coop. V. and the GNU / Linux Valencia association.

The ETSE-UV celebrates the 25 years of engineering studies in the academic institution with a series of events, including this conference by Richard M. Stallman (RMS), who defines himself as “a software developer and an activist of software freedom”. Stallman had in the 1980s the vision of imagining the concept of free software and was the driving force behind this idea.

With his peculiar sense of humour, the speaker will explain the goals and philosophy of the movement he advocates, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which together with the Linux kernel, is currently used by millions of people around the world and with the freedom to copy it, make changes in it and distribute it. Its use goes from the most domestic, to its use in companies and institutions. The conference will be held in Spanish.

The ETSE-UV, located in the Burjassot-Paterna Campus, brings together the degrees and specialists of the University of Valencia in various fields of engineering such as IT, Multimedia, Telematics, Telecommunications Electronics, Industrial Electronics and Chemical Engineering, as well as new studies in Data Science.

The activity of Richard M. Stallman began in 1983 with the development of the GNU project, which led, in the late 1980s, to the first completely free operating system. In 1985 he promoted the role of the Free Software Foundation (FSF, https://www.fsf.org), a non-profit organisation with the mission of promoting the freedom of computer users and promoting software and free documentation. This organisation promoted the creation of software development communities taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the Internet.

RMS has received numerous important awards in the field of computer science such as the ACM Grace Hopper Award (ACM Grace Hopper Award), a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the Pioneering Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Takeda Award for Social / Economic Improvement. Stallman has also received honorary doctorates from nearly twenty universities, and has joined the Internet Hall of Fame.

More information:

Richard M. Stallman: http://www.stallman.org

ETSE-UV. University of Valencia: http://go.uv.es/fCUsHb2

Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit: https://www.go.uv.es/9ceQxEm