Free software guru Richard Stallman has cancelled speeches at Israeli universities after objections from Palestinian Authority Arabs, who paid for his ticket.

Stallman, who initiated the free software movement, said he was disappointed that he could not speak at Tel Aviv and Haifa universities, but told ITWire.com, "I had a choice of speaking in Palestine and cancelling those speeches, or not going at all and cancelling those speeches. I chose the former."

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