Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

Born: 16 March 1953, Manhattan
Age: 73
Birth name: Richard Matthew Stallman

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Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials rms, is an American free software 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. Software which ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in October 1985, developed the GNU C Compiler and GNU Emacs, and wrote all versions of the GNU General Public License.

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