Z:gnu-www-ja-copyright-and-globalization--5b23c4-=3Cb=3EDAVID THORBURN, moderator=3C//en

DAVID THORBURN, moderator: Our speaker today, Richard Stallman, is a legendary figure in the computing world, and my experience in trying to find a respondent to share the podium with him was instructive. One distinguished MIT professor told me that Stallman needs to be understood as a charismatic figure in a biblical parable &mdash; a kind of Old Testament anecdote-lesson. &ldquo;Imagine,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;a Moses or a Jeremiah &mdash; better a Jeremiah.&rdquo; And I said, &ldquo;Well, that's very admirable.&rdquo;