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| schestowitz[TR2] | > Hello Mr. Schestowitz, | Feb 01 05:28 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > My name is Kenneth (Alex) Jenkins, and I hope I’m reaching out to the | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > right person regarding the recent post on Techrights. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > <https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Invited_by_LibreTech_Collective_is_Giving_a.shtml> I’m the president and founder of LibreTech Collective at Georgia Tech - the world’s first college free software and hardware student club! | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I hope your collective got some new interest. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I mainly wanted to say thank you for absolutely making my night. This | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > was genuinely one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. For | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > context, the official venue capacity is around 380 people - the largest | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > room we could reserve as a student organization without incurring | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > additional university fees. After speaking with RMS by phone, we | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > confirmed that this will be his first talk at Georgia Tech and his first | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > talk at a U.S. college since 2018. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It was a success. All the press coverage was positive. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > The event is funded by the College of Computing as well as the ANAK | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Society - Georgia Tech’s campus secret society, whose public alumni | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > include figures such as Jimmy Carter and over a dozen NASA astronauts. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > The state of Georgia has laws designed to curb “social control media” | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > and cancel culture, including strong free-speech protections for student | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > organizations like ours | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > <https://ltc.gtorg.gatech.edu/2025/12/18/liberty-not-licenses-the-first-amendment-case-for-free-software/>. To our genuine surprise, when we spoke with the Dean of the College of Computing, we learned that he is a lifelong Emacs user - he immediately knew exactly who RMS was and fully appreciated the value that bringing him to Georgia Tech provides. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | My greetings and gratitude to all those involved. Nobody interrupted him, except Windows (IIRC) making it hard to play his old TED talk. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Interestingly, this entire event traces back to about a year ago, when I | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > first reached out to RMS to ask for feedback on a free AI and machine | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > learning textbook authored by my research advisor and me for a course at | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > GT <https://github.com/Fedele-AI/AI_Fundamentals>. To my amazement, he | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > replied within a week, offering detailed critiques that we incorporated | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > into subsequent editions of the book! | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Once the event concludes, I will absolutely send you the videos. We’ll | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > be hosting them on our own servers (with zero nonfree JavaScript), | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > alongside YouTube mirrors for convenience and sharing. We’ve also built | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > a website dedicated to showcasing libre hardware and software projects | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > at Georgia Tech - feel free to visit https://LibreLinker.us | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > <https://LibreLinker.us><https://LibreLinker.us>to see our ongoing work. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > questions. It was truly an honor to be featured in the article! | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Best regards, and Happy New Year, | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I was happy to see many people views the talk itself. It's long, unlike "tweets", so people who tune in and watch the whole think can learn a lot. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Br | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | PR - will write more soon. | Feb 01 05:28 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/A_Can_of_WORMS_Part_I_Trying_to_Throw_RMS_Under_the_Bus_at_MIT_.shtml | Feb 01 05:28 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Dr. Richard Stallman, Invited by LibreTech Collective, is Giving a Public Talk in Georgia Tech Next Month (Scheller College of Business) | Feb 01 05:28 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ltc.gtorg.gatech.edu | Liberty, Not Just Licenses – LibreTech Collective | Feb 01 05:29 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-GitHub - Fedele-AI/AI_Fundamentals: A libre textbook offering a mathematical and programming-based approach to understanding artificial intelligence in just 10 modules. Learn AI, not API! | Feb 01 05:29 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LibreLinker.us | LibreLinker - Get Coding Today! | Feb 01 05:29 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >>> Can you think of anything else significant enough to go on that page? | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> I can't speak for other sites. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> I do know of resignations/firings we've caused. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > It would be good if you maintain a list of those. When you have a | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > successful appeal against Garrett, that belongs on your list. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Not every resignation/firing belongs on the list. Birgit was there as | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > head of insurance from 2018 to 2025, which covers the full five years of | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > the scam, so it is not like she made some little one-off mistake. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I'm trying to think of any other notable ones that belong on my list. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Stay tuned. We started 3 new series yesterday. | Feb 01 05:29 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — A Can of WORMS - Part I - Trying to Throw RMS Under the Bus at MIT and Everywhere Else | Feb 01 05:29 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn | Feb 01 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "How is Albany these days? I keep hearing crazy and not so good (frankly terrible) things? | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bw+1kgc0nzhn | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bg+ I think you are supposed to commute in your own time | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bv+1kgc0nzhn | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bn | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | lol just good educated guess | Feb 01 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Feb 01 19:38 |
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