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Subject: \tRe: The Power of Apple
\nDate: \tTue, 18 Oct 2011 10:07:56 -0400
\nFrom: \tRichard Stallman
\nReply-To: \trms at gnu.org
\nTo: \tandrew at gn.apc.org
\nReferences: \t
\n<4E99A7D0.3000201 at gn.apc.org>
\n<4E9C6639.3010507 at gn.apc.org>
\n<1318933934.4e9d55ae53027 at webmail.gn.apc.org><\/p>\n

Here’s the info packet about my speeches. This information is
\nessential for planning my visit and speech. Please forward
\nit to anyone who is interested in organizing a speech for me.<\/p>\n

Please discuss with me what the topic of this speech should be.
\nWe need to decide it together.<\/p>\n

My talks are not technical. The topics of free software, copyright vs
\ncommunity, and digital inclusion deal with ethical\/political issues
\nthat concern all users of computers. The topics of GPL version 3 and
\nsoftware patents are mainly of of interest to people that work with
\nsoftware.<\/p>\n

My usual speech about the Free Software Movement and GNU takes a
\nlittle over 1.5 hours in English, plus time for questions, photos,
\ndistribution of FSF things, and so on. It is best to allow plenty of
\ntime for questions, because people usually want to ask a lot of
\nquestions. In total, it is best to allow 2.5 hours.<\/p>\n

“GNU” is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g,
\nlike “grew” but with n instead of r.<\/p>\n

The topics I speak about are<\/p>\n

Free Software and Your Freedom
\n (alternate titles:
\n The Free Software Movement and the GNU\/Linux Operating System,
\n Free Software in Ethics and in Practice)<\/p>\n

Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks<\/p>\n

The Danger of Software Patents<\/p>\n

The GNU General Public License
\n What we’ve changed in version 3, and why<\/p>\n

A Free Digital Society
\n (alternate title, What Makes Digital Inclusion Good or Bad?)<\/p>\n

These topics take about an hour and a quarter in English,
\nplus time for questions, photos, signatures, etc. I suggest
\nallowing at least two hours.<\/p>\n

Each topic takes substantially longer in other languages.<\/p>\n

I can also possibly speak about some other topic if you suggest one.<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/p>\n

For a speech about Free Software, you can use this abstract:<\/p>\n

The Free Software Movement campaigns for computer users’ freedom
\n to cooperate and control their own computing. The Free Software
\n Movement developed the GNU operating system, typically used together
\n with the kernel Linux, specifically to make these freedoms possible.<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the
\n Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU
\n operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is
\n now used by tens of millions of users world-wide.<\/p>\n

For Copyright vs Community, you can use this abstract:<\/p>\n

Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
\n to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing
\n press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer
\n networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it.<\/p>\n

The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying
\n for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers,
\n while suppressing public access to technology. But if we
\n seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of
\n copyright–to promote progress, for the benefit of the
\n public–then we must make changes in the other direction.<\/p>\n

For The Danger of Software Patents, you can use this abstract:<\/p>\n

Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct
\n software development. Software patents are patents that cover
\n software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so
\n that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents
\n in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict
\n every computer user. Economic research shows that they even
\n retard progress.<\/p>\n

For The GNU General Public License<\/p>\n

Richard Stallman wrote the first GNU General Public License in
\n 1989, and version 3 which was completed in 2007. He will discuss
\n the philosophy of the GNU GPL, the changes made in version 3,
\n and the reasons for those changes.<\/p>\n

For A Free Digital Society<\/p>\n

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

Brief bio:<\/p>\n

Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and
\nstarted the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org)
\nin 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it
\nand redistribute it, with or without changes. The GNU\/Linux system,
\nbasically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens
\nof millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace
\nHopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic
\nFrontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award, and the the Takeda Award for
\nSocial\/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.<\/p>\n

(A longer version is available if you want it.)<\/p>\n

Photo:<\/p>\n

There is a black-and-white photograph of me as a
\n5820K Encapsulated Postscript file (http:\/\/www.stallman.org\/rms-bw.eps)
\n3762K JPEG file (http:\/\/www.stallman.org\/rms-bw.jpeg), and
\n5815K TIFF file (http:\/\/www.stallman.org\/rms-bw.tiff).<\/p>\n

Other photos can be found on stallman.org.<\/p>\n

Asking for the text:<\/p>\n

I don’t write my speeches in advance–that would take too much time.
\nHowever, transcripts of my past speeches are available. If you can
\nmake a transcript of my speech after I give it, that would be quite
\nuseful.<\/p>\n

Breaks:<\/p>\n

I absolutely refuse to have a break in the middle of my speech.
\nOnce I start, I will go straight through.<\/p>\n

Participation in a larger event:<\/p>\n

I am selective about the events I participate in. If you are inviting
\nme to speak at a larger event, please inform me now of the overall
\nnature of the event, so I can make an informed decision about whether
\nto participate.<\/p>\n

I usually decline to participate in “open source” or “Linux” events.
\nSee http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/gnu\/gnu-linux-faq.html for why it is incorrect
\nto refer to the operating system as “Linux”.<\/p>\n

“Open source” is the slogan of a position that was formulated as a
\nreaction against the free software movement. Those who support its
\nviews have a right to promote them, but I disagree with them and I
\nwant to promote the ideals of free software. See
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/free-software-for-freedom.html for more
\nexplanation of the difference. However, I will agree to participate
\nin events labeled “Free Software and Open Source”, provided that my
\nspeech is not the principal draw of the event.<\/p>\n

Erecting a larger event:<\/p>\n

If you are thinking of erecting a larger event around my speech, which
\nincludes inviting other speakers to speak before or after me, please
\ntalk with me about the plans for that larger event _before_ inviting
\nother speakers. I want to make sure the event entirely supports the
\ngoals and principles I work for, and I want to review the publicity
\nplans for the event.<\/p>\n

Multiple events:<\/p>\n

If you would like me to give speeches in other cities, other
\ninstitutions, or other events which you are not organizing directly,
\nplease put rms-assist at gnu.org in touch directly with their organizers.
\nWe need to show them this info packet, and we need to discuss various
\nissues with them just as we discuss the issues of your event with you.
\nCommunication through a middleman is asking for confusion, so please
\ndon’t ask us to do that.<\/p>\n

Venues and planning:<\/p>\n

All my talks are aimed at the general computer-using public. They are
\nnot technical. With good, broad publicity, many people will come —
\nusually hundreds.<\/p>\n

So don’t aim small. Please plan each speech in a large room, then
\nplan the publicity to bring people in to fill it. Please do not
\nsuggest scheduling a “small speech”, because that makes no sense as a
\ngoal. I would always rather reach as many people as I feasibly can.<\/p>\n

If the speech is at a university, please do the publicity all around
\nthe university. Don’t limit it to your department! We also want
\npeople from off-campus to come, so please inform local IT businesses,
\nuser groups, and other relevant organizations.<\/p>\n

We will also want to inform the region’s daily newspapers so they can
\nput the speech in their calendar sections, and anything else we can
\nthink of. Each additional interested person who comes means an increase
\nin the results achieved by the speech.<\/p>\n

Make sure you inform the public that my talk is not technical, so
\nanyone interested in ethics and use of computers might wish to come.<\/p>\n

Facilities:<\/p>\n

A microphone is desirable if the room is large. No other facilities
\nare needed. I do not have slides or any sort of presentation
\nmaterials.<\/p>\n

A supply of tea with milk and sugar would be nice. If it is tea I
\nreally like, I like it without milk and sugar. With milk and sugar,
\nany kind of tea is fine. I always bring tea bags with me, so if we
\nuse my tea bags, I will certainly like that tea without milk or sugar.<\/p>\n

If I am quite sleepy, I would like two cans or small bottles of
\nnon-diet Pepsi. (I dislike the taste of coke, and of all diet soda;
\nalso, there is an international boycott of the Coca Cola company for
\nkilling union organizers in Colombia and Guatemala; see
\nkillercoke.org.) However, if I am not very sleepy, I won’t want
\nPepsi, because it is better if I don’t drink so much sugar.<\/p>\n

Languages:<\/p>\n

I can speak in English, French, and Spanish.<\/p>\n

If the audience won’t be comfortable with a language I can speak, it
\nis important to have translation. However, consecutive translation
\nis not feasible, because it would more than double the length of the
\nspeech. Please do not ask me to do that–I will refuse.<\/p>\n

I have found it works to do simultaneous translation without special
\nsystems: I speak into the ear of the interpreter, and the interpreter
\nspeaks to the microphone. This avoids the need for special
\ntransmitters and headsets. However, it does require an interpreter
\ncapable of doing simultaneous translation for more than an hour.
\nDo not propose doing this with a person whose translation skills
\nare not adequate for this.<\/p>\n

Another method is to set up a microphone and speaker system for the
\ninterpreter in a far corner of the room, or a balcony. If the
\nspeakers are set up suitably, people there can hear the interpreter
\nwell, while people in the front of the room can hear me well.<\/p>\n

I can try to give a shortened free software speech (about 30 minutes
\nof material). With consecutive translation it will take an hour or
\nmore. I will be forced to omit many important points in the usual
\nspeech. I do not like to omit so much.<\/p>\n

If we have simultaneous translation, please make a recording
\nof the translation. It will be very useful, and it is easy to do.
\nAny sound recorder, next to the interpreter, will do it.<\/p>\n

Restricting admission:<\/p>\n

If you plan to restrict admission to my speech, or charge a fee for
\nadmission, please discuss this with me *personally in advance* to get
\nmy approval for the plan. If you have imposed charges without my
\ndirect personal approval, I may refuse to do the speech.<\/p>\n

I’m not categorically against limiting admission or fees, but
\nexcluding people means the speech does less good, so I want to make
\nsure that the limitations are as small as necessary. For instance,
\nyou can allow students and low-paid people and political activists to
\nget in free, even if professionals have to pay. We will discuss what
\nto do.<\/p>\n

Another method, which works very well in some places, is to allow
\npeople to attend gratis but charge for a certificate of attendance.
\nIf the certificate is given by an educational institution, many will
\nfind it useful for career advancement, while the others could enter
\ngratis. Whether this would be effective in your country is something
\nyou would need to judge.<\/p>\n

Sponsors:<\/p>\n

If corporations sponsor my talk, I am willing to include a small
\ntasteful note of thanks in announcements and brochures, but no more
\nthan that. There should be no descriptions of their products or
\nservices, and no banners with their names. If a would-be sponsor
\ninsists on more than that, we have to do without that sponsor.<\/p>\n

If my speech is part of a pre-existing larger event that I have agreed
\nto participate in, I can’t impose such conditions for the whole event.
\nHowever, if banners will be on display next to me while I am speaking,
\nthat is rather obnoxious; if they advertise organizations that I
\ndisapprove of on ethical grounds (which is not unlikely) I would want
\nto take them down, cover them up, or turn them off during my speech.<\/p>\n

Directing publicity:<\/p>\n

My main speech topics are not technical. They are about political
\nissues regarding the use of software, and anyone concerned about
\nethical issues with effects on our daily lives should be concerned
\nabout them. Thus, when planning to publicize my talk, don’t direct
\nthe publicity primarily at computing organizations and computer
\nscience departments. That would only reach a fraction of the people
\nwho might be interested. Please also contact political science
\ndepartments, economics departments, philosophy departments, music
\ndepartments, and student groups interested in freedom and human rights
\nissues. Let’s aim to make the speech reach as many interested people
\nas possible.<\/p>\n

The speech topics of software patents and GPLv3 are of interest
\nspecifically to the IT field, so those you can publicize among IT
\ncontacts.<\/p>\n

Avoiding errors in publicity:<\/p>\n

The GNU Project constantly struggles against two widespread mistakes
\nthat undermine the effectiveness of our work: calling our work “open
\nsource”, and calling the GNU operating system “Linux”. Another very
\nbad mistake is using the term “intellectual property”.<\/p>\n

The Free Software Movement and the Open Source Movement are like two
\npolitical parties in our community. I founded the Free Software
\nMovement in 1984 along with the GNU Project; we call our work “free
\nsoftware” because it is software that respects the users freedom. The
\nOpen Source Movement was founded, in 1998, specifically to reject our
\nidealistic philosophy–they studiously avoid talking about freedom.
\nSee http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/free-software-for-freedom.html for
\nmore explanation of the difference between the two movements.<\/p>\n

So please make sure that all the publicity about the event (web site,
\nemail announcements, conference programs, direct mail, signs, etc),
\nuses the term “free software”, not “open source”, when you refer to
\nwork that includes mine. This includes to the title and descriptions
\nof my speech, of the session it is in, of the track it is part of, and
\nof the event itself.<\/p>\n

Of course, some of these names and descriptions may not refer to this
\nwork at all; for example, if a track or the whole event covers a much
\nbroader topic in which free software is just a small part, its name
\nmay not refer to free software. That is normal and appropriate. The
\npoint is not to ask you to refer to this work more often than you
\nnormally would, but that you should describe it accurately whenever
\nyou do refer to it.<\/p>\n

If other speakers in the same session, track, or event want their work
\nto be categorized as “open source”, that is a legitimate request for
\nthem to make. In that case, please give “free software” equal mention
\nwith “open source”.<\/p>\n

If you think it is useful to tell people how free software relates to
\nopen source, you can say that “since 1998, another group has used the
\nterm `open source’ to describe a related activity.” That will tell
\npeople that my work has a relationship with “open source”, which they
\nmay have heard of, without implying it is right to describe my work as
\n“open source.”<\/p>\n

The other widespread confusion is the idea of a “Linux operating
\nsystem”. The system in question, the system that Debian and Red Hat
\ndistribute, the system that tens of millions of people use, is
\nbasically the GNU operating system, with Linux added as the kernel.
\nWhen people call the whole system “Linux”, they deny us the credit for
\nour work, and this is not right. (See
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/gnu\/linux-and-gnu.html for more explanation.)<\/p>\n

So please call this combined operating system “GNU\/Linux” in all
\nthe publicity, in the titles and description of the session, track,
\nevent, etc., if and when you have reason to refer to it.<\/p>\n

For similar reasons, please don’t use a penguin as a symbol for my
\nwork, or on the posters or notices for my speech. The penguin stands
\nfor “Linux”; the symbol of GNU is a gnu. So if you want to use a
\ngraphical image to symbolize GNU or my work, please use a gnu.<\/p>\n

If you have handled these issues well, nobody who looks at your
\nmaterial will get the impression that I work on “open source”, or that
\nI support “open source”, or that my work is “part of Linux”, or that I
\nparticipated in the “development of Linux”, or that GNU is the name of
\n“a collection of tools”.<\/p>\n

As for the term “intellectual property”, that spreads confusion and
\nhostile bias. See http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/words-to-avoid.html
\nfor explanation. I hope you will decide to reject that expression, as
\nI do; but in any case, don’t use it in connection with my speech.<\/p>\n

Please do not mention non-free GNU\/Linux distros (for instance,
\nUbuntu) in the publicity for the event.<\/p>\n

If you have doubts about a poster or announcement, please ask my
\nassistant to check it for you, not me. Send it to rms-assist at gnu.org.<\/p>\n

Selling Free Software, Free Society:<\/p>\n

Please sell copies of my book of essays, Free Software, Free Society,
\nif you can. In the US, Canada, Spain, Italy and Japan, you can obtain
\npublished copies of this book in English, Spanish, Italian, and
\nJapanese. You don’t need to put up any money to do this. Please talk
\nwith rms-assist at gnu.org about how to do it. In the US and Canada, the
\nFSF will ship you these books.<\/p>\n

Outside those four countries, please print copies of the book to sell
\nat the event, if you can. The English version is available in
\nhttp:\/\/shop.fsf.org\/product\/free-software-free-society-2\/ (278 pages).
\nThere is also my semiautobiography, Free As In Freedom, in
\nhttp:\/\/shop.fsf.org\/product\/free-as-in-freedom-2\/ (245 pages).<\/p>\n

He Spanish version of Free Software, Free Society (318 pages) is in
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/fsfs\/free_software.es.pdf.<\/p>\n

If you use ordinary copying, and avoid fancy covers and bindings, we
\ncan sell them for two or three times the cost of copying, and they
\nwill still be cheap enough that many people will buy them. From the
\nproceeds you will first retain the cost of printing; we can divide the
\ngains between your organization and the FSF.<\/p>\n

If you see any obstacle, whatever it is, don’t just give up. Talk
\nwith rms-assist at gnu.org about it! Most of the problems that might
\nseem difficult to you, we are already accustomed to solving. Give us
\na chance to overcome the obstacle!<\/p>\n

At the speech:<\/p>\n

Please put out a pad of paper for people to write down their names and
\nemail addresses if they want to be on the FSF’s mailing list.<\/p>\n

Changes of plans:<\/p>\n

Don’t assume that I can still come if you change the date, or even the
\nhour. My schedule is tight, and any change may make the plan
\nimpossible. Please consult with me before making any change, and I
\nwill see what I can do.<\/p>\n

My assistant cannot approve such changes; you must ask me directly,
\nand get approval from me directly. I will certainly be flexible if
\nthere is no obstacle.<\/p>\n

Scheduling other meetings:<\/p>\n

I have agreed to give a speech for you, and if the press wants to talk
\nwith me, I will do that for the sake of the cause. However, if you
\nwould like me to give additional speeches or go to additional
\nmeetings, please ask me first. Please ask me about *each* activity
\nyou would like me to perform.<\/p>\n

Many people assume that because I am traveling, I am having a
\nvacation–that I have no other work to do, so I can spend the whole
\nday speaking or meeting with people. Some hosts even feel that they
\nought to try to fill up my time as a matter of good hospitality.
\nAlas, it’s not that way for me.<\/p>\n

The fact is, I have no vacations. (Don’t feel sorry for me; idleness
\nis not something I wish for.) I have to spend 6 to 8 hours *every
\nday* doing my usual work, which is responding to email about the GNU
\nProject and the Free Software Movement. Work comes in every day for
\nme, and if I skip it one day, I have to catch up another day. During
\nthe week I usually fall behind; on weekends I try to catch up.<\/p>\n

Traveling takes up time, so I will be extra busy during my visit. And
\nit might be nice if I could do at least an hour or two of sightseeing
\nduring the visit. So please ask me *in advance* about *each*
\nadditional speech, meeting, or other activity that would take time. I
\ndon’t mind being asked, and I may say yes, but I also may say no.<\/p>\n

Remember that an additional speech, even if it is just a one-hour
\nspeech, probably takes up two hours counting questions, autographs,
\netc. And then there is the travel time.<\/p>\n

Interviews:<\/p>\n

I am glad to give interviews to the press about the GNU system, but
\nbefore I do, I want to be sure they will not repeat the two common
\nmistakes (calling the whole system “Linux” and associating GNU or me
\nwith “open source”). Please explain this, and ask the journalist if
\nhe will agree to call the system “GNU\/Linux” in the article, and to
\nmake it clear that our work is “free software” not “open source”.
\nRecommend reading http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/gnu\/linux-and-gnu.html and
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/free-software-for-freedom.html for
\nexplanations of these issues. If the journalist agrees, then I agree
\nto an interview. Please have this discussion by email, and save the
\nmessages in both directions.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a journalist gives a response which sounds vaguely
\naffirmative or sympathetic but its words do not really say “yes”.
\nExamples are “I will do this as much as I can” and “I understand the
\ndistinction.” Such an answer is actually just “maybe”, so when you
\nreceive one, please ask for clarification. If he says that the editor
\nhas the final decision, please respond with “Would you please consult
\nthe editor now, and tell us a firm decision?”<\/p>\n

Recorded interviews for broadcast:<\/p>\n

It is ok to do these either before or after my speech, and they
\nusually need to be done one at a time, so I am willing to do them that
\nway.<\/p>\n

Interviews not for broadcast:<\/p>\n

Please do not propose to hold these interviews before the conference.
\nThat order wastes my time. So please propose to hold them AFTER the
\nconference.<\/p>\n

Also please ask journalists to *see my speech* before the interview.
\nMy speeches are not technical; they focus on precisely the sort of
\nphilosophical questions that a journalist would probably want to
\ncover. If the journalist has not attended my speech, he will probably
\nstart by asking me to answer the same questions that I answer in the
\nspeech. That is a waste of time for me.<\/p>\n

If you schedule a press conference or group interview, please *plan
\nthe time of my speech to allow the interview after it*. It may be a
\ngood idea to find out from journalists what times are good for them,
\nthen schedule the conference, then schedule the speech before it.
\nThis way, they will all be able to get the full picture.<\/p>\n

It is also ok to have the interviews the day after the speech.
\nThat is another way to have them after the speech rather than before.<\/p>\n

If the journalists simply cannot do the interview after the speech,
\nthen I will do it before the speech if possible. But please insist
\nthat they watch or listen to a recording on audio-video.gnu.org of
\nanother speech.<\/p>\n

It is also a good idea for the journalist to read
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/gnu\/the-gnu-project.html as well as
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/gnu\/gnu-linux-faq.html
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/free-sw.html
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/categories.html
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/words-to-avoid.html
\nhttp:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/compromise.html
\nhttp:\/\/stallman.org\/articles\/internet-sharing-license.en.html
\nhttp:\/\/stallman.org\/articles\/ebooks.pdf before the interview. Those
\narticles provide important background. This is especially important
\nfor anyone who cannot come to my speech first.<\/p>\n

Please ask each journalist to agree to make a recording of the
\ninterview. Written notes tend to simplify, and often lead to
\nincorrect quotes.<\/p>\n

I am willing to meet with any number of journalists, but if there are
\nmany, I can’t meet all of them individually (it would take too much
\ntime). So what I will do is give private interviews to 2 or maybe 3
\nof them, whichever ones you think are most important, and see the rest
\nof them as a group (i.e. in a press conference).<\/p>\n

You and your associates can judge better than I do which journalists
\nand which publications I should focus on. So I would like you to
\nadvise me about that. Please try to judge both the importance of the
\npublication and the merits (intelligence, attention to accuracy,
\nopenness of mind, and absence of bias) of the journalist, if you can.<\/p>\n

Recording my speech:<\/p>\n

Please do record the speech if you can. We are always looking for
\ngood recordings of my speeches, both audio and video, to put on line.<\/p>\n

The GNU Project keeps an on-line audio and video collection of speech
\nrecordings in audio-video.gnu.org. If you are making an audio or
\nvideo recording of my speech, please write to audio-video at gnu.org in
\nadvance for advice on how to make a recording that is good for further
\nuse, and subsequently to arrange to install your recording on our
\nsite.<\/p>\n

When you are making a recording, please *make sure* to tell me when
\nthe tape needs to be changed. I will pause. Please help me help you
\nmake the recording complete.<\/p>\n

Recording formats:<\/p>\n

Please make sure that your recording is not compressed with a
\nsubstantially lossy codec (unless it is an Ogg codec). If we have to
\ntranscode the file, starting from a lower-quality base will reduce the
\nquality of the result.<\/p>\n

It is best to provide audio recordings in the original recorded sample
\nrate, up to 44100Hz. Monophonic is generally adequate for speech
\nrecordings and saves a lot of space over stereo.<\/p>\n

For video recordings, please save the master recording, which will
\nprobably be in miniDV format.<\/p>\n

Please don’t transcode recordings from one format to another before
\nsending to us, unless they have such a high bit rate that files are
\nimpractically large. If you do need to encode or transcode, please
\nconvert audio to 64Kbps mono Ogg Vorbis (or you could try Ogg Speex),
\nand convert video to Matroska VP8 or to Ogg Theora with video quality
\nset to 5 or more. If you need advice for how to do this, please ask
\naudio-video at gnu.org.<\/p>\n

Putting my speech on the net:<\/p>\n

If you would like to put my speech on the Internet, or distribute it
\nin digital form, I insist on using the formats of the free software
\ncommunity: Ogg Vorbis or Ogg Speex format for audio, and Matroska VP8
\n(Webm) or Ogg Theora for video. Please do not distribute my speech in
\nany other format.<\/p>\n

Please do not ever broadcast or publish my speeches in formats that
\nare not good for free software. I will not speak to make a recording
\nor broadcast that requires non-free software to be heard or viewed.
\nDon’t use RealPlayer format, or Quicktime, or Windows Media Player
\nformat, or a patented format such as MPEG2, MPEG4, or MP3.<\/p>\n

This requirement is very important, because if it is not followed,
\nviewing my speech will require people to do the exact opposite of what
\nI ask them to do. The medium’s message would contradict my message.<\/p>\n

Because this is so important, please make sure everyone who might be
\ninvolved in broadcasting the event, or who might be directly or
\nindirectly involved in planning such a broadcast, knows this
\nrequirement in advance of the event.<\/p>\n

You can get advice and help in distributing Ogg files from Mallory
\nKnodel .<\/p>\n

Streaming the speech:<\/p>\n

Streaming is a kind of Internet distribution, so everything in the
\nprevious section applies. In particular, you must use only Ogg format
\nor Matroska VP8 (Webm).<\/p>\n

If you want to stream my speech but you have not done streaming in Ogg
\nor VP8 before, don’t leave the matter till the last minute. By then,
\nit will be too late. Please try a test session two weeks before the
\nspeech. That way, if you encounter any problem, there will be time to
\nresolve it before the speech.<\/p>\n

If you have previously done streaming using some streaming service and
\nyou can’t immediately name the format it uses, chances are it is
\nunacceptable and I won’t let you use it for my speech. So please
\ncheck, two weeks in advance, what format it uses. If you find it uses
\nsome bad format, you will have time to arrange for ethical streaming.<\/p>\n

You can get advice and help in Ogg streaming from Mallory Knodel
\n<\/mallory>. Please ask two weeks before the event; they
\ncan do it faster faster, but why make their work hectic unnecessarily?
\nSee https:\/\/support.mayfirst.org\/wiki\/live-video-streaming-support for
\nmore info.<\/p>\n

Remote speeches by video connection:<\/p>\n

I can do a speech remotely through a videoconferencing system. This
\ncan be done by Internet or by ISDN. For good quality by Internet, we
\nneed a maximum of 100msec response time for ping between your site and
\nwhere I am, and 100kbytes\/sec transfer rate.<\/p>\n

Using two or three ISDN lines gives good quality but the calls cost
\nmoney. If I am at home, there is a facility I can use at no charge;
\nyou would have to pay for the ISDN calls and for the facilities at
\nyour end. If I am somewhere else (which is true more than half the
\ntime), then we will need to find a videoconferencing facility for me
\nto use; most likely you will need to pay for that.<\/p>\n

Warning about giveways:<\/p>\n

You may find companies offering you CD-ROMs, books, fliers or
\npublicity materials to give away or sell at my speech. Please check
\nthem before you accept them, to make sure that they don’t promote the
\nvery thing that we are working to replace.<\/p>\n

For instance, the CDs may contain non-free software. Most distros of
\nGNU\/Linux contain or suggest non-free software in addition to the free
\nsoftware. (And most of them call the system “Linux”.) Please check
\nwith me before you allow a CD of GNU\/Linux to be distributed at the
\nevent.<\/p>\n

Books about use of the GNU\/Linux system and about GNU programs are
\nfine if they themselves are also free. But many of them are non-free
\n(see http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/free-doc.html). To see if a book
\nis free, check the license on the back of the title page. If it uses
\nthe GNU Free Documentation License, or the Open Publication License
\nversion 1 without options A and B, then it is free. If it isn’t one
\nof those, please show me the license and I will tell you if it is a
\nfree license.<\/p>\n

If companies send you publicity materials, please check with me before
\ngiving them out at my speech.<\/p>\n

Flights:<\/p>\n

The FSF does not pay for my travel, and I can’t afford to. I will
\nneed you to arrange to cover the cost of my traveling to and from your
\ncity (unless I’ve told you someone else will do it).<\/p>\n

I am traveling most of the time, and most of my trips include several
\nstops. Chances are your city is neither the first nor the last stop
\nin the trip. Please don’t make assumptions about the itinerary;
\ninstead, please ask me for whatever information you need.<\/p>\n

Many organizations ask to buy the tickets and send them to me. I do
\nnot object to that method in principle, but it typically assumes the
\ntrip goes to just one city. That approach is hard to use for a
\nmulti-destination trip, unless you want to pay for the whole trip. So
\nnormally I buy the tickets myself and get reimbursed by the various
\nplaces I am visiting. For a multi-destination trip, we will need to
\nagree on what parts of the travel expenses you should cover.<\/p>\n

Some organizations feel that hospitality calls for providing me with a
\nbusiness class ticket. That is indeed more comfortable, but an
\neconomy class seat is good enough. Meanwhile, speaking is my main
\nsource of income, and the extra price of a business class ticket would
\nbe a lot more useful for me if I can spend it on something else. So
\nif you were thinking of spending extra for business class, how about
\nif you pay the extra to me as a speaker’s fee instead?<\/p>\n

We should plan for me to arrive (at the site itself, not just at the
\nairport) at least 24 hours before the speech; that way, even if the
\nflight is cancelled, there is a good chance I can still arrive in time
\nfor the speech by taking the same flight the next day.<\/p>\n

Lost tickets:<\/p>\n

If you are not paying me a speaking fee, but you are paying for the
\nairline tickets, I must insist that you cover the costs if I have to
\nreplace a lost ticket, the fee for changing the ticket if I miss a
\nflight, or any other surprise expenses associated with my travel to
\nand from your location.<\/p>\n

This might seem unfair–if a ticket is lost, it could be my fault.
\nBut my income is not large, and I cannot afford to assume this risk
\nmyself if the event offers me no income. The frustration I feel when
\nI suffer such a loss is excruciating. It is better for me to decline
\nto travel to a certain place than to take such a risk.<\/p>\n

Bus and train tickets:<\/p>\n

If you buy bus or train tickets for me, do not give my name! Big
\nBrother has no right to know where I travel, or where you travel, or
\nwhere anyone travels. If they arbitrarily demand a name, give a name
\nthat does not belong to any person you know of. If they will check my
\nID before I board the bus or train, then let’s look for another way
\nfor me to travel. (In the US I never use long-distance trains because
\nof their ID policy.)<\/p>\n

Don’t give them your name either: please pay for the ticket in cash.<\/p>\n

Other expenses:<\/p>\n

I expect you to cover expenses such as visa fees, fees for mailing my
\npassport back and forth, taxis to and from the airport, and so on.<\/p>\n

Accommodations:<\/p>\n

I am willing to stay in a hotel if there is no other way.
\nPlease book the hotel for me and arrange to pay the hotel directly.<\/p>\n

But please DON’T make a hotel reservation until we have fully explored
\nother options. If there is anyone who wants to offer a spare couch, I
\nwould much rather stay there than in a hotel (provided I have a door I
\ncan close, in order to have some privacy). Staying with someone is
\nmore fun for me than a hotel, and it would also save you money.<\/p>\n

My distaste for a hotel is less if it does not know my name, but
\nstaying in a house with people is normally more enjoyable than staying
\nalone.<\/p>\n

Many countries have a law that hotels must report all guests to the
\npolice. In most cases, this orwellian policy applies not only to
\nforeigners like me, but to citizens as well! The citizens should be
\noutraged by this, but often they are not.<\/p>\n

Please call the hotel and ask whether they will demand to see my
\npassport, and whether they report all their guests to the police. If
\nit has this policy, please join me in striking a blow against Big
\nBrother, by looking for a place I can stay in that doesn’t demand to
\nsee my passport, or report my visit to anyone. If the police want
\ninformation about free software, they are welcome to come to my
\nspeech.<\/p>\n

If you have found a person for me to stay with, please forward this
\nsection and the two following sections to that person.<\/p>\n

Temperature:<\/p>\n

Above 72 fahrenheit (22 centigrade) I find sleeping quite difficult.
\n(If the air is dry, I can stand 23 degrees.) A little above that
\ntemperature, a strong electric fan blowing on me enables me to sleep.
\nMore than 3 degrees above that temperature, I need air conditioning to
\nsleep.<\/p>\n

If there is a substantial chance of indoor temperatures too hot for
\nme, please arrange _in advance_ for me to have what I need.<\/p>\n

If you are planning for me to stay in a hotel, DO NOT take for granted
\nthat the hotel has air conditioning–or that it will be working when I
\narrive. Some hotels shut off their air conditioning systems for part
\nof the year. They often think it is unnecessary in seasons when the
\ntemperature is usually in the mid 20s–and they follow their schedule
\nlike stupid robots even if there is a heat wave.<\/p>\n

So you must explicitly ask them: “Do you have air conditioning? Will
\nit be functioning for the dates XXX-YYY?”<\/p>\n

In some hotels with central air conditioning, it simply does not work
\nvery well: it can make a room less hot, but can’t make it cool.
\nBefore using a hotel that has central air conditioning, find out what
\ntemperature it can actually lower a room to, during the relevant
\ndates.<\/p>\n

Or look for a hotel that has a real cooling unit in the room, not a
\ncentral system. Those tend to work well enough, if they are not
\nbroken.<\/p>\n

Pets:<\/p>\n

I like cats if they are friendly, but they are not good for me; I am
\nsomewhat allergic to them. This allergy makes my face itch and my
\neyes water. So the bed, and the room I will usually be staying in,
\nneed to be clean of cat hair. However, it is no problem if there is a
\ncat elsewhere in the house–I might even enjoy it if the cat is
\nfriendly.<\/p>\n

Dogs that bark angrily and\/or jump up on me frighten me, unless they
\nare small and cannot reach much above my knees. But if they only bark
\nor jump when we enter the house, I can cope, as long as you hold the
\ndog away from me at that time. Aside from that issue, I’m ok with
\ndogs.<\/p>\n

If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be
\nvery very glad. If you can find someone who has a friendly parrot I
\ncan visit with, that will be nice too.<\/p>\n

DON’T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To
\nacquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If
\nyou don’t know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally
\nscarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you
\nbuy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating
\npractice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it.
\nMeeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.<\/p>\n

Email:<\/p>\n

It is very important for me to be able to transfer email between my
\nlaptop and the net, so I can do my ordinary work. While traveling, I
\noften need to do the work and the transfer late at night, or in the
\nmorning before a departure. So please set up a way I can connect to
\nthe net from the place I am staying.<\/p>\n

I do NOT use browsers, I use the SSH protocol. If the network
\nrequires a proxy for SSH, I probably can’t use it at all.<\/p>\n

If a hotel says “We have internet access for customers”, that is so
\nvague that it cannot be relied on. So please find out exactly what
\nthey have and exactly what it will do. If they have an ethernet, do
\nthey have a firewall? Does it permit SSH connections? What
\nparameters does the user need to specify in order to talk with it?<\/p>\n

Please check those things directly, or ask the people who actually run
\nthe network. If you talk with someone who doesn’t understand what
\n“SSH connection” means, or if he doesn’t understand the difference
\nbetween “Internet” and “web browsing”, that person is not competent to
\ngive reliable information. Don’t rely on information from such a
\nperson–talk to someone who knows!<\/p>\n

For reasons of principle, I am unwilling to identify myself in order
\nto connect to the Internet. For instance, if a hotel gives a user
\nname and password to each room, I won’t use that system, since it
\nwould identify me. I would need some other way to connect.<\/p>\n

A modem connection is fine if it works, so please verify in advance
\nthat the telephone line you expect me to use has a modular jack and
\nthat it works to call the ISP from that line. Hotels in Europe and
\nAsia often have peculiar phone systems; the staff may tell you it is
\npossible to call an ISP from the hotel *but they may be wrong*. For
\ninstance, their phone switchboard may not recognize the tones produced
\nby modems. The only way to tell for certain is to go to the hotel,
\ntry phoning with a computer from a guest room, and see if it actually
\nworks. Until you have tested it, don’t believe it!<\/p>\n

My ISP phone numbers are old; I don’t know if they will still work.
\nIf you propose I use a modem, please find a number I can call. It is
\nbest if you lend me a permanent account that someone else uses, one
\nthat will continue working afterward, so that I can use it again if I
\ncome back or use it from other places in the region. Hotel phone
\nrates may be high; I expect you to cover them. However, I normally
\nconnect to the net only for around ten minutes at a time, twice a day,
\nso the total won’t be too big.<\/p>\n

If I need to use a dialup connection, please cover the costs of the
\ntelephone calls I will need to transfer my email — especially in a
\nhotel. Some hotels charge a lot of money for this.<\/p>\n

Wireless modems mostly do not work with my machine, so do not plan on
\nmy using one. I won’t refuse to use them if you have an expert who
\ncan make it work, but success is rare. If it involves loading a
\nnonfree driver, I will refuse.<\/p>\n

Paying me a reimbursement or a fee:<\/p>\n

Please pay my reimbursement or fee to me personally; do not pay it to
\nthe FSF. The FSF and I have completely separate finances, and the FSF
\nnever pays for my travel. The FSF welcomes donations, but please make
\nsure that money intended for me is not sent to them, because moving it
\nafterward would mean accounting headaches as well as extra work.<\/p>\n

My assistant is not involved with my finances, so she cannot help you
\nwith that issue. Please send questions about payments to me directly.<\/p>\n

If you pay me by check, and you’re not in the US, make sure to get a
\ncheck that lists a corresponding US bank–otherwise it will cost me a
\nfee to deposit the check. Please mail the check _in US dollars_ to:<\/p>\n

Richard Stallman
\n 77 Mass Ave rm 32-381
\n Cambridge MA 02139
\n Phone number: +1-617-253-8830<\/p>\n

Do not mail it to the FSF!<\/p>\n

A wire transfer is also a good method of payment. I will send you the
\ncoordinates; ask if you need them. The bank you use will charge a
\nfee, and my bank charges me $10 for each incoming transfer; please add
\nthose fees to the amount, rather than taking them out of what I
\nreceive.<\/p>\n

If you are outside the US, please convert your currency to dollars in
\nyour bank, then use one of the above methods to pay me the dollars.
\nMy bank gives very bad exchange rates; yours is surely better.<\/p>\n

Cash is also fine.<\/p>\n

If you want an invoice, I will be glad to give you one. Let’s work
\nout what it should say by email before I arrive. Please also check
\nbefore the visit whether you need any other forms, such as tax forms.
\nI would like to be able to take care of any necessary forms while I am
\nthere, rather than wait till afterward.<\/p>\n

Hospitality:<\/p>\n

Please pass this section to everyone who will be helping me directly
\nin any fashion during the visit.<\/p>\n

It is nice of you to want to be kind to me, but please don’t offer
\nhelp all the time. In general I am used to managing life on my own;
\nwhen I need help, I am not shy about asking. So there is no need to
\noffer to help me. Moreover, being constantly offered help is actually
\nquite distracting and tiresome.<\/p>\n

So please, unless I am in grave immediate danger, please don’t offer
\nhelp. The nicest thing you can do is help when I ask, and otherwise
\nnot worry about how I am doing. Meanwhile, you can also ask me for
\nhelp when you need it.<\/p>\n

One situation where I do not need help, let alone supervision, is in
\ncrossing streets. I grew up in the middle of the world’s biggest
\ncity, full of cars, and I have crossed streets without assistance even
\nin the chaotic traffic of Bangalore and Delhi. Please just leave me
\nalone when I cross streets.<\/p>\n

In some places, my hosts act as if my every wish were their command.
\nBy catering to my every whim, in effect they make me a tyrant over
\nthem, which is not a role I like. I start to worry that I might
\nsubject them to great burdens without even realizing. I start being
\nafraid to express my appreciation of anything, because they would get
\nit and give it to me at any cost. If it is night, and the stars are
\nbeautiful, I hesitate to say so, lest my hosts feel obligated to try
\nto get one for me.<\/p>\n

When I’m trying to decide what to do, often I mention things that
\nMIGHT be nice to do–depending on more details, if it fits the
\nschedule, if there isn’t a better alternative, etc. Some hosts take
\nsuch a tentative suggestion as an order, and try moving heaven and
\nearth to make it happen. This excessive rigidity is not only quite
\nburdensome for other people, it can even fail in its goal of pleasing
\nme. If there is a better alternative, I’d rather be flexible and
\nchoose it instead–so please tell me. If my tentative suggestion
\nimposes a lot of trouble on others, I want to drop it–so please tell
\nme.<\/p>\n

When you need to tell me about a problem in a plan, please do not
\nstart with a long apology. That is unbearably boring, and unnecessary
\n— conveying useful information is helpful and good, and why apologize
\nfor that? So please be practical and go straight to the point.<\/p>\n

If I am typing on my computer and it is time to do something else,
\nplease tell me. Don’t wait for me to “finish working” first, because
\nyou would wait forever. I have to squeeze in answering mail at every
\npossible opportunity, which includes whenever I have to wait. I wait
\nby working. If instead of telling me there is no more need for me to
\nwait, you wait for me to stop waiting for you, we will both wait
\nforever — or until I figure out what’s happening.<\/p>\n

Dinners:<\/p>\n

If you are thinking of setting up a lunch or dinner for me with more
\nthan 4 people total, please consider that as a meeting, and discuss it
\nwith me in advance. Such meals draw on my strength, just like
\nspeeches and interviews. They are not relaxation, they are work.<\/p>\n

I expect to do work during my visit, but there is a limit on the
\namount of work I can handle each day. So please ask me in advance
\nabout any large planned meal, and expect me to say no if I have a lot
\nof other work already. If we are having a meal that I did not agree
\nto as a large meal, and other people ask if they can join, please tell
\nthem no. In both cases, please tell them that I need a chance to
\nrelax after the other work I will have done.<\/p>\n

Please don’t be surprised if I pull out my computer at dinner and
\nbegin handling some of my email. I have difficulty hearing when there
\nis noise; at dinner, when people are speaking to each other, I usually
\ncannot hear their words. Rather than feel bored, or impose on
\neveryone by asking them to speak slowly at me, I do some work.<\/p>\n

Please don’t try to pressure me to “relax” instead, and fall behind on
\nmy work. Surely you do not really want me to have to work double the
\nnext day to catch up (assuming I even COULD catch up). Please do not
\ninterfere as I do what I need to do.<\/p>\n

Food:<\/p>\n

I do not eat breakfast. Please do not ask me any questions about
\nwhat I will do breakfast. Please just do not bring it up.<\/p>\n

I enjoy delicious food, and I like most kinds of cooking if they are
\ndone well (the exception being that I cannot eat anything very spicy).
\nIf I am ordering from the menu in a restaurant which has a variety,
\nthere’s no need for you to worry about the question of what I like; I
\nwill take care of it.<\/p>\n

But if you want to cook for me, or invite me to a restaurant that
\nspecializes in just one thing, or invite me to dinner with a preset
\nmenu, you need to know what I dislike:<\/p>\n

avocado
\n eggplant, usually (there are occasional exceptions)
\n hot pepper
\n olives
\n liver (even in trace quantities)
\n stomach and intestine; other organ meats
\n cooked tuna
\n oysters
\n egg yolk, if the taste is noticeable, except when boiled completely hard
\n many strong cheeses, especially those with green fungus
\n desserts that contain fruit or liqueur flavors
\n sour fruits, such as grapefruit and many oranges
\n beer
\n coffee (though weak coffee flavor can be good in desserts)
\n the taste of alcohol (so I don’t drink anything stronger than wine)<\/p>\n

Don’t ever try to decide what food I should eat without asking me.
\nNever assume that I will surely like a certain dish, merely because
\nmost people do. Instead, ask me in advance!<\/p>\n

As long as there are many alternatives to choose from, there will be
\nno problem.<\/p>\n

Wine:<\/p>\n

Wine is not very important to me–not like food. I like some wines,
\ndepending on the taste, and dislike others, but I don’t remember the
\nnames of wines I have liked, so it is useless to ask me.<\/p>\n

Therefore, if you’re having dinner with me, please don’t ask me what
\nto do about wine. I can’t decide intelligently, and it matters more
\nto others than to me. Have wine or don’t, as you prefer; choose it to
\nplease yourself and the others, not for me.<\/p>\n

If you get a bottle of wine, I will taste it, and if I like the taste,
\nI will drink a little, perhaps a glass.<\/p>\n

Restaurants:<\/p>\n

So I like to go to restaurants that are good at whatever kind of food
\nthey do. I don’t arrive with specific preferences for a kind of food
\nto eat–rather, I want to have whatever is good there: perhaps the
\nlocal traditional cuisine, or the food of an immigrant ethnic group
\nwhich is present in large numbers, or something unusual and original.<\/p>\n

So please don’t ask me “Where do you want to eat?” or “What kind of
\nrestaurant do you want to go to?” I can’t make an intelligent
\ndecision without knowing the facts, and unless I am already familiar
\nwith the city we’re in, I can only get those facts from you.<\/p>\n

The only general thing I can tell you is that what I like or dislike
\nabout a meal is the sensation of eating the food. Other things, such
\nas the decor of a restaurant, or the view from its windows, are
\nsecondary. Let’s choose the restaurant based on its food.<\/p>\n

A good approach is to ask around *in advance* among your acquaintances
\nto find people who like good food and are familiar with the area’s
\nrestaurants. They will be able to give good recommendations.<\/p>\n

Sightseeing:<\/p>\n

If I am visiting an interesting city or region, I will probably want
\nto do a few hours of sightseeing in between the work. But don’t try
\nto plan sightseeing for me without asking me first–I can only spare a
\nlimited time for it, so I am selective about where to go. Please
\ndon’t assume I want to see something just because it is customary to
\ntake visitors there. That place may be of no interest with me.
\nInstead, please tell me about possible places to visit–then I can say
\nwhat I would like.<\/p>\n

I enjoy natural beauty such as mountains and rocky coasts, ancient
\nbuildings, impressive and unusual modern buildings, and trains. I
\nlike caves, and if there is a chance to go caving I would enjoy that.
\n(I am just a novice as a caver.) I often find museums interesting,
\nbut it depends on the subject.<\/p>\n

I tend to like music that has a feeling of dance in it, but I
\nsometimes like other kinds too. However, I usually dislike the
\nvarious genres that are popular in the US, such as rock, country, rap,
\nreggae, techno, and composed American “folk”. Please tell me what
\nunusual music and dance forms are present; I can tell you if I am
\ninterested. If there is a chance to see folk dancing, I would
\nprobably enjoy that.<\/p>\n

If there is something else interesting and unique, please tell me
\nabout it. Maybe I will be interested.<\/p>\n

More arrangements:<\/p>\n

Once we have a precise date for the speech, my assistant will contact
\nyou with questions about the arrangements for the trip. Please
\nrespond as soon as possible with the information she asks for.<\/p>\n

Please do not ever mail me a file larger than 100k without asking me
\nfirst. I almost certainly do not want to receive it in that form. If
\nyou would like feedback or approval for proposed publicity, please
\ntalk with rms-assist about it, not with me. If you want to give me
\ndata about airplane tickets, please send that info as plain ASCII
\ntext, not as images or PDFs. Thank you.<\/p>\n

—
\nDr Richard Stallman
\nPresident, Free Software Foundation
\n51 Franklin St
\nBoston MA 02110
\nUSA
\nwww.fsf.org www.gnu.org
\nSkype: No way! That’s nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
\n Use free telephony http:\/\/directory.fsf.org\/category\/tel\/
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Subject: Re: The Power of Apple Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:07:56 -0400 From: Richard Stallman Reply-To: rms at gnu.org To: andrew at gn.apc.org References: <4E99A7D0.3000201 at gn.apc.org> <4E9C6639.3010507 at gn.apc.org> <1318933934.4e9d55ae53027 at webmail.gn.apc.org> Here’s the info packet about my speeches. This information is essential for planning my visit and speech. Please forward it to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[363,362,361],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-di-tutto-un-po","tag-info","tag-speech","tag-stallman","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zarrelli.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}