<DIV>Dear All,</DIV>
<DIV>This on behalf of <BR><BR><B><I>Mamading Ceesay <linux@evangineer.force9.co.uk></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:43:25 +0000<BR>From: Mamading Ceesay <LINUX@EVANGINEER.FORCE9.CO.UK><BR>To: Diana Mercorios <DMERCORIOS@YAHOO.COM><BR>Subject: Re: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Opening Ceremony Speaker PCT proposal :<BR>Richard Stallman<BR><BR>On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:07:53 -0800 (PST)<BR>Diana Mercorios <DMERCORIOS@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> Note: that selecting speakers we need to not only refer to their status but also ensure that they can bring something useful through their talk, to the aims of the process that we are engaged in. <BR>> <BR><BR>I support the proposal. Richard is both a thinker and a doer. He is a profoundly principled and highly intelligent man, who founded the modern Free Software movement and remains a leading player in the democratisation of ICT. He is an active campaigner in the fight against software patents and other attempts by corporat
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interests to restrict and rollback the democratising effects of ICT.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Mamading Ceesay<BR>Essential reading for all computer users: <BR>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/%7Erja14/tcpa-faq.htm<BR>http://www.fipr.org/intellectual.html</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=verdana color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>Diana Mercorios</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>Regional Programme Manager (Europe)</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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