[OSGeo-Discuss] Richard Stallman's keynote at FOSS4G-Boston today

[Andy Anderson]

Hi, Venka,

I’ll be talking with him, I’ll remind him!

— Andy

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am sure that all those of you who are attending FOSS4G-Boston are
> having a great time.
> 
> Ricchard Stallman 's keynote is scheduled for today. If someone
> has the opportunity, please remind Stallman that it was the chance
> meeting with me on the flight from Hanoi-Bangkok in  2004
> that marked the beginning of FOSSS4G. We have come a long
> way since then.
> 
> He wrote a motivating message [1] for FOSS4G-2004 held in Bangkok, Thailand.
> Had he not insisted (and made me realize the importance) in adding "Free"
> when he agreed to write his message, our conference would perhaps
> taken some other name.
> 
> Best
> 
> Venka
> 
> [1] http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/message.html
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