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Richard Stallman

GNU Project Founder

GNU GCC Emacs

Biography

Richard Stallman founded the GNU Project in 1983 and the Free Software Foundation. He created GCC, Emacs, and the GPL license.

Daily Work

  • Advocating for free software
  • Speaking worldwide
  • Writing about software freedom
  • Leading the GNU Project

Challenges

“Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of ‘free’ as in ‘free speech.’”

Impact

The GNU Project and GPL license shaped how we think about software freedom and enabled Linux to exist.

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