"...RMS will be in Bogoto, Columbia on 10 October, speaking about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software movement. On the 12th and 13th of October, he'll be San Jose, Costa Rica talking about software patents and how they obstruct software development (at the first talk) and about the history and status of the GNU Operating System (at the second talk). On 17 October, it's back to the US for a talk at Yale University in New Haven, CT. On 26 October, he'll be in Nagoya, Japan talking about Copyright and the problems of using the term "intellectual property". From there it's on to Tokyo Japan for another talk on 29 October. For details and updates see the FSF upcoming events page..."