Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often known by his initials, rms, is a software freedom activist and computer programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in a manner such that its users receive the freedoms to use, study, distribute and modify that software. Software that ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote the GNU General Public License.
Stallman launched the GNU Project in September 1983 to create a Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software. With this, he also launched the free software movement. He has been the GNU project's lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software. In October 1985 he founded the Free Software Foundation.
Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft, which uses the principles of copyright law to preserve the right to use, modify and distribute free software, and is the main author of free software licenses which describe those terms, most notably the GNU General Public License (GPL), the most widely used free software license.
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American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
| Born | 16 March 1956 |
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American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
| Born | 16 March 1956 |
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Free computer software, GNU Emacs, Logiciels libres, Computers - Languages / Programming, GNU Emacs (Computer program), Linux, Logiciels gratuits, Open source software, Software, Text editors (Computer programs), Biographies, COMPILERS, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, COMPUTERS, Compilers, Compilers (Computer programs), Computer programming, Computer programs, Computing, Copyleft, Copyright, Culturele aspecten, Debugging in computer science, Economische aspectenID Numbers
- OLID: OL1052887A
- BookBrainz: 0218c978-a0ac-4d34-842d-1a4b69d939d7
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- ISNI: 0000000140412147
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- Library of Congress Names: n86110448
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- Project Gutenberg: 771
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV192722
- VIAF: 172877655
- Wikidata: Q7439
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- Richard M. Stallman
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