Richard Stallman (RMS) Announced His Talk Less Than 24 Hours Before It Took Place and Still Filled Up the Auditorium at Sapienza Università di Roma

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 14, 2025,
updated Oct 14, 2025

Photos from yesterday evening

8 hours ago Sapienza Università di Roma began uploading photos of the talk:

From their post, in English: (more in the official site):

Richard Stallman welcomed by students in the Aula Magna for the conference entitled "Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society"
The founder of the Free Software Foundation and leading developer of the GNU operating system met with Sapienza students as part of the "Distinguished Lectures" organized by the Department of Computer Science

👨‍🏫 After being introduced by greetings from Rector Antonella Polimeni, Deputy Rector for Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity Leonardo Querzoni, and student and department representatives, Stallman explored the importance of free software in today's digital society, a unique opportunity to explore fundamental issues regarding freedom and access to technology for the entire community

It looks like it was a very successful event. █

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