Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 20, 2025

Dr. Stallman has not announced this in his site, but it turns out that today at 5PM he'll be giving a talk at the Bavarian Academy of Science.

Tomorrow at 6 PM he speaks in Munich. █

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