[H-GEN] Re: [H-ANNOUNCE] [HUM-TALKS] Rusty's visit this meeting.

[Anthony Towns]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 06:00:51PM +1000, Scott Wilson wrote:
> Paul "Rusty" Russell, Australian Linux kernel hacker,  is making a
> flying visit to Humbug this Saturday, giving a talk on the possible
> consequences of Australia's obligations under the FTA. The talk is
> expected to begin around six.

For anyone who doesn't know Rusty even by reputation, he's:

     * the guy who established the tradition of rewriting the Linux
       firewalling API every major release;

     * a major contributor to wesnoth, with strong ties to the
       transgender subcommunity;

     * a Debian developer from Germany, who successfulled trolled the (then)
       DPL into flaming him;

     * the guy who started linux.conf.au but forgot to actually call it
       linux.conf.au;

     * a renowned filk hero with a mastery of both types of music:
       country /and/ western;

     * the guy who broke the tradition of rewriting the Linux firewalling
       API every major release;

     * the only linux.conf.au speaker to ever give three separate keynote
       presentations simultaneously;

     * the inaugural recipient of the Linus Torvalds Black Star For
       Being Stupid award for his work on futexes;

     * someone who once had a moustache;

     * formerly a (the!) trivial patch monkey, who may yet have more to say
       about monkeys.

He's also been doing a lot of work talking to politicians and legal
professionals about copyright and IP issues on Linux Australia's behalf
in recent years, if you happen to care about that...

(I believe we should also have some "DMCA" related petitions and such
for folks to look over and consider signing at the meeting too.)

Cheers,
aj

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