[Cialug] AmesLUG: Feb 10th Meeting: Clash of the Titans of FOSS

[Matthew Steven]

Advance Announcement:

The next meeting will be held at Ames Public Library at 8pm on Thursday 
Feb 10th. The doors will open at 7:30pm so if you want to show up early, 
feel free. If you haven't been to the Founder's Suite yet, just go to 
the information desk and they'll direct you.

The presentation will be given by Matt Steven on the subject of the 
differences between Free and Open Source software, and the history and 
reasons for the existence of each movement.

Information will be presented from "Free as in Freedom" by Richard M. 
Stallman, and "Just For Fun" by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond as well 
as innumerable online sources. These books will be present for the 
curious to enjoy.

After the presentation, a round table discussion will be held on the 
merits of each approach and the ethics of FOSS.

-- 
Matthew Steven
http://www.geniusweb.com/
(515) 999 0842