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Richard Stallman

16 March 1956 -

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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  • Cover of: Debugging with GDB: the GNU source-level debugger

    First published in 1988 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition debuggingwithgdb00stal_762 Cover of edition debuggingwithgdb00stal_264
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  • Cover of: GNU make: a program for directing recompilation : GNU make version 3.79.1

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition gnumake00rich_j85
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  • Cover of: Open sources: voices from the open source revolution

    First published in 1999 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition opensourcesvoice00behl
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  • Cover of: Software libre para una sociedad libre

    First published in 2002 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition softwarelibrepar00stal
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    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Using GCC: The GNU Compiler Collection Reference Manual for GCC 3.3.1

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Linux, Software, COMPILERS, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, COMPUTERS, Compilers, Computer programming, Computer programs, Computing, Copyleft, Copyright, Culturele aspecten, Debugging in computer science, Economische aspecten, Free computer software, Free software, GNU Emacs, GNU Emacs (Computer program), GNU make (Computer program), GNU/Linux, Génie logiciel, Hackers, Industrial property, Intellectual property

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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February 3, 2016 Edited by dcapillae Added source
February 3, 2016 Edited by dcapillae Added bio
June 14, 2010 Edited by emijrp Richard Stallman's Personal Home Page