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Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman will be visiting Melbourne next week and is scheduled to give two talks at educational institutions.


Stallman, who also set up the GNU Project in 1984, will deliver the NICTA Big PIcture Seminar at Melbourne University on September 15 at 6pm.

His talk, titled "Education Across the Nation: Free Software in Ethics and in Practice", will be held at the university's Copland Theatre.

Those wishing to attend would need to register by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The seminar is being jointly organised by NICTA and the Australian Computer Society.

On September 16, Stallman is scheduled to give a talk at RMIT on copyright problems and the fight for public access to technology.

The talk will be held at the RMIT Storey Hall on Swanston Street at 12.30pm.