Richard Stallman Confirms Talk in Bern Next Week
Published earlier today in his notes:
Dr. Stallman has just formally confirmed his third talk this month in Switzerland. His "Talks" page gives all the details, as follows:
Talk in Bern, Switzerland, March 11th, 2026
Richard Stallman will speak on March 11 in Bern, Switzerland, for the Guild42 group, at Berner Fachhochschule, Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern
Title: Free/Libre Software and Freedom, touching on how they relate to machine learning
An explanation of the issues of justice and injustice in distribution and running of software, and in use of computing services and dis-services, with discussion of how this relates to machine learning, including both Artificial Intelligence and Pretend Intelligence.
Location: Brückenstrasse 73, CH-3012 Bern, Room: Aula
Time: 17:30
As usual, the event will have around an hour of presentation and around an hour of Q&A.
Talk in Rapperswil, Switzerland, March 9th, 2026
Location: Ostschweizer Fachhochschule campus
in Rapperswil-Jona (Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil).
Suurstoffi 1, CH-6343 Rotkreuz, Room: AUDI MAXTitle: Free/Libre Software And Our Freedom: Our shield against many digital injustices
An explanation of the issues of free vs nonfree software, and the many concrete injustices that are frequently imposed on users by nonfree software and by and "services" that invite you to confide your own computing to someone else's computer.
Time: March 9th at 17:00
As usual, the event will have around an hour of presentation and around an hour of Q&A.
As noted this morning, "Windows [is] Measured at All-Time Low in Switzerland". █
Two months ago: Five Years Ago, After We Broke the Story About Richard Stallman Rejoining the FSF's Board, All Hell Broke Loose (for Me and My Family)