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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richard_StallmanRichard Stallman - Wikipedia

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   Richard Matthew Stallman (/ ˈ s t ɔː l m ən / STAWL-mən; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials, rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software.

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   Richard Matthew Stallman leads the Free Software Movement, which shows how the usual non-free software subjects users to the unjust power of its developers, plus their spying and manipulation, and campaigns to replace it with free (freedom-respecting) software.

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4. stallman.orgRichard Stallman's Personal Page

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   Richard Stallman has cancer. Fortunately it is slow-growing and manageable follicular lymphoma. Treatment put it into remission, and he can expect to live many more years.

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   Richard Stallman is a technology guru and engineer and who helped create the GNU project, an integral part of GNU/Linux operating systems. He's a leader of the open source movement, which argues that the source code of all software should be publicly available (at least to customers).

6. newint.org › 2012/12/05 › richard-stallman-interviewRichard Stallman: ‘Apple has tightest digital handcuffs in ...

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   Dec 5, 2012 · One of the greatest hackers of all time, Richard Stallman is something of a roving prophet for the free software movement. He invented the first ‘copyleft license’ that made the results of his mammoth feats of computer programming free to use, share and change - without falling foul of copyright.

7. www.britannica.com › biography › Richard-StallmanRichard Stallman | Biography, Free Software Foundation ...

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   May 1, 2024 · Richard Stallman, American computer programmer and free-software advocate who founded (1985) the Free Software Foundation. He also established the GNU project, which was involved in the creation of a free version of UNIX. Learn more about Stallman’s life and career.

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   Who is Richard Stallman?

   • Richard Stallman at helm of his ever-present net book at a Bitcoin conference in London, September 2012. Q It’s nearly 30 years since you started work on the GNU operating system, which went on to become GNU/ Linux, one of the leading examples of free and open source software collaboration. Yet Apple and Microsoft still loom large.

   Richard Stallman: ‘Apple has tightest digital handcuffs in history’

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   What does Stallman mean by copyright?

   • Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft, which uses the principles of copyright law to preserve the right to use, modify, and distribute free software. He 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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   Why is Stallman important?

   • Stallman places great importance on the words and labels people use to talk about the world, including the relationship between software and freedom. He asks people to say free software and GNU/Linux, and to avoid the terms intellectual property and piracy (in relation to copying not approved by the publisher).

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   Why did Stallman create a free operating system?

   • With the release of a free operating system, Stallman and the Free Software Foundation focused on promoting free software and the development of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), commonly known as a copyleft agreement, which gives authors a way to allow their works to be modified without releasing them to the public domain.

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   When does Richard Stallman return to FSF?

   • "Richard Stallman returns to FSF 18 months after controversial rape comments". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-03-23. ^ Clark, Mitchell (2021-03-22). "Richard Stallman returns to the Free Software Foundation after resigning in 2019". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

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   Why does Stallman reject open-source software?

   • After initially accepting the concept, Stallman rejects a common alternative term, open-source software, because it does not call to mind what Stallman sees as the value of the software: freedom. He wrote, "Free software is a political movement; open source is a development model."

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9. openedreader.org › chapter › the-gnu-projectRichard Stallman, “The GNU Project” - openedreader.org

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   GNU is an operating system based on the free software philosophy. As a free precursor to the open source, and eventually, the open education movement, Stallman’s concepts influenced the development of open educational philosophy and the development of open educational content.