Stallman, Richard Pioneers History

In 1984, Richard Stallman founded the FSF (Free Software Foundation) and related GNU project (GNU's Not Unix). Stallman is the person who formalized then prevailing practices of the Unix/Internet operations and programming community into a licensing system called 'Free Software'. Later, other people renamed this to 'Open Source'.

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• Prince Kropotkin of Software - Portrait of the man and his anarchistic GNU project.
  
• Linux Today: Richard Stallman, 15 Years of Free Software - By Stallman: brief article taking stock of 15 years of progress; with feedback responses.
  
• ZDNet: Interview: GNU guru Richard Stallman - Mainly about the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act: UCITA.
  
• Salon 21st: The Saint of Free Software - By Andrew Leonard. Maverick Richard Stallman keeps the faith; and gives Bill Gates the finger. Entertaining true life reporter's experience of time spent with Stallman.
  
• Wired Archive: Richard Stallman - Stories involving Stallman.
  
• Salon 21st: The Richard Stallman Saga, Redux - By Andrew Leonard. 'The saint of free software' sparks new debates about the philosophy of the open source movement: lively exchange between Stallman and Eric Raymond, and Tim O'Reilly response.
  
• FAIFzilla - Author's home to the book "Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software". Includes errata, links to translations, and updates.
  
• An Ode to Richard Stallman - Or Minutes to the NYSIA/WWWAC Software Summit. Long and very entertaining account of one person's encounter with Stallman and his ideas, in the context of a trade show.
  
  

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