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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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Richard Stallman's Personal Site - Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation, father and current maintainer of the One True Emacs. Read the Master in a background of quietly understated elegance. Personal essays, political opinions, travel experiences, brief biography. 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. 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. 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. ZDNet: Interview: GNU guru Richard Stallman - Mainly about the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act: UCITA. FAIFzilla - The "no-frills" online version of "Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software". Free Software Foundation: Richard Stallman's blog - List resources about events, recent topics and discussions by date. Wikipedia: Richard Stallman - Encyclopaedia entry, includes brief history, the GNU project, activism and personal life. GNU Operating System — GNU Audio and Video - Watch video or listen to audio recordings of speeches and other events related to the Free Software Foundation or the GNU project.

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