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Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is the founder of the Gnu Project, launched in 1984 to develop the free operating system GNU (an acronym for "GNU's Not Unix"), and thereby give computer users the freedom that most of them have lost. GNU is free software: everyone is free to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. He is the principal or initial author of GNU Emacs, the GNU C Compiler, the GNU Debugger GDB and parts of other packages. He is also president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

Richard Stallman Corrects Misunderstandings of the GPL
Don Rosenberg's review of Larry Rosen's book, Open Source Licensing, did double-duty as a platform for FUD about the GNU GPL. The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL for short) was not the first free software license, but was the first to embody the concept of 'co...
Software Patents: "Programmers and Consumers Should Gather Forces," Says Richard Stallman
The defeat of the EU software patenting directive, writes Richard Stallman, only provides a breathing space, in which programmers and consumers should gather forces. This battle has implications far beyond the software field. Our years-long fight has shown how und...
Software Licensing: "The GNU GPL Stood Up In Court," Says Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman, President of the Free Software Foundation, contends that the FSF's views have been misrepresented elsewhere by Maureen O'Gara and hastens to set the record straight: 'The idea that the GNU General Public License would never stand up in court is s...
Software & Patents: Stallman Declares "The Battle...Must Continue!"
'Last year IBM took a significant step forward in cooperation with the free software community by offering blanket licenses for 500 of its patents to all free software developers,' writes Richard Stallman. He continues: 'Recently Sun made an announcement that supe...
Richard Stallman: The Free Software Movement *Is* Politics
Computer users need to be taught to value freedom, says Richard Stallman, so they will defend it - and recognizing the value of freedom yourself is the first step in helping to do this.
Linux, GNU, and freedom
'Since Joe Barr's article criticized my dealings with SIGLINUX, I would like to set the record straight about what actually occurred, and state my reasons.' (1,900 words)


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