The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized an Alumni Guest Lecture Series on the topic “FREE SOFTWARE PHILOSOPHY” on 17.10.2022 through Offline Mode.
Dr. M. Premkumar, Principal of Paavai Engineering College gave the presidential address. The welcome addres was given by .L.Kesavan of third year CSE and S. R. Dharshini of third year Cyber security introduced the Guest speaker. The guest speaker Mr. S. Mathankumar, CEO, Inevitable Tech & System Engineer, Atoma Development & Services, Chennai, delivered the Guest Lecture on the topic “FREE SOFTWARE PHILOSOPHY”. He explained on how the real world is related with LINUX. He also explained about the Linux application with the Banking concept education. He discussed about the software usage freedom into four aspects, firstly, how to run the program as the user wishes, for any purpose. The second one is freedom to study how the program will work and change that. Then the third one is freedom to redistribute copies for various purposes. Finally, freedom to distribute copies of the modified version to others. The students interacted and gained knowledge about the Free software and free Society. The Guest Lecture was informative, and the students were motivated for successful plans. R. Sasirekha of third year CSE proposed the vote of thanks. A total of 230 students and the faculty members attended the offline guest lecture.