RMS clarifies, backlash was unneeded

[Ira Abramov]

I'm quoting below RMS' reply to Guy Shefer.  He sent me a longer reply
in person and they both confirm what I thought - he's more interested in
fulfilling his original obligation and also use it for promoting
collaboration.

Moreover, he says the ban imposed on him is NOT Israel in its entirety, but
only the Universities (the private Shenkar College seems kosher according to
him). The weird but sensible thing to do is find lecture halls outside the
universities and there would be no conflict.

I'll be posting his personal replies to me in my blog later, and sending
them to the papers.

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 07:36, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> wrote:

>     I saw that you sent an E-mail message canceling all of your talks
>     in Israel= in the upcoming visit.
>
> Not all of them -- only the ones at universities.  It is the
> universities that the funders object to.  I have one planned talk
> which is not at a university, which I still plan to give.
>
> I will forward your message to them.  I hope you can indeed work
> something out, because cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians
> is good.
>
> Another possible approach is to find other venues for the other talks
> I was going to give in Israel.
>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
> www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>  Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
>

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