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Very OldEnglishRichard Stallman at the First Hackers Conference, 1984

It was at this conference that Richard Stallman first publicly and explicitly stated the idea that all software should be free, and the ethical principles that set the foundations of the free software movement.

The scenes were extracted by the GNU Webmasters Team from the documentary Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age, with permission from Fabrice Florin, in May 2022.

Very OldEnglishRichard Stallman calls for the creation of a Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource (New Orleans)
Short IntroductionsEnglishIntroduction to Free Software and the Liberation of Cyberspace (Geneva) with subtitles
Short IntroductionsEnglishWhat is GNU+Linux?
Short IntroductionsEnglishWelcome to Software Freedom Day
Short IntroductionsEnglishFree software: ethical, social and practical aspects
Short IntroductionsEnglishLa educación y el conocimiento libres (What free software is and why it matters) in Spanish with subtitles

In this six-min video Richard Stallman explains briefly and to the point the principles of Free Software and how they connect to education.

Short IntroductionsEnglishFree Software with subtitles
2022EnglishThe state of the free software movement
2022EnglishIntro to Free Software and Online Dis-Services

TEDx video followed by Stallman's speech.

Stallman covered many topics about free software that were not included in the TEDx talk, but forgot that it didn't cover copyleft, so he did not speak about that. To learn about copyleft, the license technique he developed in 1985, see What is Copyleft?

2022EnglishFree Software and the GNU General Public License
2022EnglishSoftware libero, distribuzione dell'informazione e del metodo
2022EnglishMonday's Live #80 – A conversation with Richard Stallman
2022EnglishFree Software: The Foundation of Freedom in Your Computing
2022EnglishOn Cash and Monero
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society
2022EnglishWhy operating systems and other software should be free (Waterloo, Canada)
2022EnglishAre We Facing Surveillance Like in China? (Frankfurt)
2022EnglishFree software: Ethics and freedom in a digital age (Zurich)
2022EnglishCopyright, freedom, and privacy (Copenhagen)
2022EnglishFree software and your freedom (Bozeman, MT)
2022EnglishComputing, Freedom and Privacy (Pato Branco, Brazil)
2022EnglishFree software and your freedom (Timisoara)
2022EnglishFree Software: Freedom, Privacy, Sovereignty (Boston)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Belo Horizonte)
2022EnglishFree Software, Your Freedom, Your Privacy (Cologne)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Grand Rapids)
2022EnglishComputing, Freedom, and Privacy (Kalamazoo)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Athens, Greece)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Zürich)
2022EnglishFree/Libre/Vrije Software: The Goal and the Path (Brussels)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Seattle)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Kent, OH)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Karlsruhe)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Frankfurt)
2022EnglishWhat is Free Software? (Chania, Greece)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Urbana)
2022EnglishFreedom in Your Computer and in the Net (Hamburg)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Portland)
2022EnglishLibre Software, Libre Education (New York)
2022EnglishShould We Have More Surveillance Than the USSR? (Athens, GA)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Nantou, Taiwan)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Taipei, Taiwan)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Milan)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (New York)
2022EnglishHappy Hacking Day 2014 (Helsinki)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Helsinki)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Lincoln, UK)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Dublin)
2022EnglishJohn Sullivan interviewed at the Open World Forum (Montrouge, France)
2022EnglishGNU 30-year anniversary celebration – Richard Stallman (Cambridge, MA)
2022EnglishGNU 30-year anniversary celebration – John Sullivan (Cambridge, MA)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Sophia-Antipolis, France)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (New York)
2022EnglishRichard Stallman inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame — his short acceptance speech (Berlin)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Warsaw)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Nottingham)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement (Dublin)
2022EnglishTV Interview at Nasul TV Romania
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Ann Arbor)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement (Curitiba)
2022EnglishSolutions to the Software Patent Problem (Santa Clara)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Reykjavík)
2022EnglishWelcome to Software Freedom Day (for Iran event) with subtitles
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Munich)
2022EnglishRMS speech at the GNU Cauldron 2012 (Prague)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (London)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Ljubljana)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement (Singapore)

Subjects of the interview

  • Inception of the free software movement
  • Evolution of principles of free software movement
  • Clarification on free software
  • Suggestion to start Wikipedia in '99
  • Wikipedia 10 years from now
  • About not carrying mobile phones
  • Advice to the future software developers.
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Lisbon)
2022EnglishWhat Makes Digital Inclusion Good or Bad? (Paris)

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.

2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Philadelphia)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Palo Alto)
2022EnglishFree Software and Your Freedom (Portland)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (London)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Sheffield)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Preston, UK)
2022EnglishThe Danger of Software Patents (Brussels)
2022EnglishIntroduction to Free Software (Delft)
2022EnglishFree Software (Prague) with subtitles
2022EnglishFree Software in Ethics and in Practice (Gaithersburg, MD)
2022EnglishDigital Free Society (Pristina)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Evansdale, WV)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Public (Bern)
2022EnglishFreedom in Practice at the Irimpanam School (short movie)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (New York)
2022EnglishA Free Digital Society (Christchurch)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Christchurch)
2022EnglishThe Danger of Software Patents (Wellington)
2022EnglishRichard Stallman was a guest on Pcradioshow2.org (2)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community 2009 (Philadelphia)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Edmonton)
2022EnglishCopyright versus Community in the Age of Computer Networks (Calgary)

Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright—to promote progress, for the benefit of the public—then we must make changes in the other direction.

2022EnglishFree Software Movement (New York)
2022EnglishThe Role of Free Knowledge and Free Software in Education and Research (Bengaluru)
2022EnglishIntroduction to the Free Software Movement (Manchester)
2022EnglishFree Software in Ethics and in Practice (Manchester)
2022EnglishFree Software in Ethics and in Practice (Richmond, VA)
2022EnglishRichard Stallman was a guest on Pcradioshow2.org (1)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (San Diego)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community (Mississauga)
2022EnglishSoftware for Development: Is Free/Open Source Software the Answer? (Tunis) with subtitles

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)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the Development of the GNU Operating System
2022EnglishFree Software and Education (Taiwan)
2022EnglishWhat is Free Software? (Taiwan)
2022EnglishThe Danger of Software Patents (Calgary)
2022EnglishThe dangers of software patents (Sydney)
2022EnglishInterview with Richard Stallman about ethics and principles of free software (Edinburgh)
2022EnglishSoftware Freedom and the GNU Generation (Urbana)

In this speech, Brad Kuhn, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, talks about his beginnings in the free software movement, and gives concrete examples from his experience as being a proprietary software developer as to why free software is a far better way to make and sell software. It should be considered a excellent introduction to free software. In the question and answer segment, Mr. Kuhn discusses with the audience far ranging topics that effect the future of the industry, such as the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, file formats, and the DMCA.

This speech was presented by the Free Software Society, a student organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign dedicated to the promotion of free software.

2022EnglishThe dangers of software patents (London)
2022EnglishSoftware Patents – Dangers to Development (London)
2022EnglishSoftware Freedom and the GNU Generation (New York)
2022EnglishSoftware Patents – Obstacles to software development (Cambridge, UK)
2022EnglishCopyright vs Community in the age of computer Networks (London)
2022EnglishThe Danger of Software Patents (Thrikkakara, Kerala)
2022EnglishFree Software: Freedom and Cooperation (New York)
2022EnglishCopyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks (Cambridge, MA)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (Cambridge, MA)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (Ljubljana)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (Stuttgart)
2022EnglishThe Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System (Cincinnati)
ExtrasEnglishHow GIMP Changed Mani's Life (short movie)