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The Free Software Foundation just published a video from the launch of the GPL version 3. In it, Stallman gives a short and understandable overview of the changes in version 3 and why it is important to upgrade. No legalese, just plain, understandable, speech. Stallman at its best. The GPL version 3 itself is clear and readable. It's a good license and I will definitely release most of my code under it. Video is in OGG Theora format. I think that some players have problems with that but VLC will work. More info is available on the GPLv3 website.

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We had the pleasure to hear a talk by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation on copyrights. The event was organized by many volunteers. Strangely, most of them were not from hardcore geek groups. You could even see hippies advocating the benefits of homegrown berries and comic writers debating about the proper inking techniques.

The first part of the event was featuring various kiosks by several organizations active in the Montréal area. There was my former employer, several GNU/Linux user groups and few free speech activists. There was not many visitors. Given the lack of prior notification that was understandable but still disappointing. Nevertheless, it was fun to see former coworkers again. I finally had the occasion to brag about by new π memorization skills. At university, I'm affiliated with the LaCIM, the lab Simon Plouffe was affiliated to when he came up with his formula for the computation of digits of π. Simon Plouffe is also a former world record holder for remembering digits of π so I don't impress anyone there.

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