Richard Matthew Stallman (GNU/FSF)
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Who is Richard Matthew Stallman? Richard Matthew Stallman (aka rms) is a software developer and software freedom activist. In 1983 he announced the project to develop the GNU operating system, a Unix-like operating system meant to be entirely free software, and has been the project’s leader ever since. With that announcement Stallman also launched the Free Software Movement. In October 1985 he started the Free Software Foundation.
The GNU/Linux system, which is a variant of GNU that also uses the kernel Linux developed by Linus Torvalds, are used in tens or hundreds of millions of computers, and are now preinstalled in computers available in retail stores. However, the distributors of these systems often disregard the ideas of freedom which make free software important. That is why, since the mid-1990s, Stallman has spent most of his time in political advocacy for free software, and spreading the ethical ideas of the movement, as well as campaigning against both software patents and dangerous extension of copyright laws. Before that, Stallman developed a number of widely used software components of the GNU system, including the original Emacs, the GNU Compiler Collection, the GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs, and various other programs for the GNU operating system. Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft, and is the main author of the GNU General Public License, the most widely used free software license.
As can be seen in this image, "FREE" and "OPEN" words do not have the exact same meaning...
Stallman gives speeches frequently about free software and related topics. Common speech titles include “The GNU Operating System and the Free Software movement”, “The Dangers of Software Patents”, and “Copyright and Community in the Age of the Computer Networks”. A fourth common topic consists of explaining the changes in version 3 of the GNU General Public License, which was released in June 2007. In 1999, Stallman called for development of a free on-line encyclopedia through the means of inviting the public to contribute articles. In Venezuela, Stallman has promoted the adoption of free software in the state’s oil company (PDVSA), in municipal government, and in the nation’s military. After personal meetings, Stallman has obtained positive statements about free software from the then-President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, from French 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, and from the president of Ecuador Rafael Correa.
Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics. During his college years, he also worked as a staff hacker at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, learning operating system development by doing it. He wrote the first extensible Emacs text editor there in 1975. He also developed the AI technique of dependency-directed backtracking, also known as truth maintenance. In January 1984 he resigned from MIT to start the GNU project.
Richard Stallman´s 1983 biography (this biography was published in the first edition of “The Hacker’s Dictionary”.): I was built at a laboratory in Manhattan around 1953, and moved to the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1971. My hobbies include affection, international folk dance, flying, cooking, physics, recorder, puns, science fiction fandom, and programming; I magically get paid for doing the last one. About a year ago I split up with the PDP-10 computer to which I was married for ten years. We still love each other, but the world is taking us in different directions. For the moment I still live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, among our old memories. “Richard Stallman” is just my mundane name; you can call me “rms”.
If you are trying to develop a software project, you will need, first of all, to apply a licence to your project, you may think that using any kind of common licence will be a good idea, but you might be wrong… It´s tricky indeed. Every licence basics also pros & cons are very well explained by rms here. In fact this interview is a MUST for every software developer and user! You will also find answers to very important questions, such as: “Why should I call GNU/Linux instead of Linux?”, “what licence to choose to my software project?”, and learn how to avoid most common mistakes, etc…
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Richard Stallman has been working hard to ensure the availability of real free software, the achievements are too greate to be listed here, however you can view them here, in “a Serious Bio” topic: stallman.org
Richard Stallman in Wikipedia: wiki
Richard Stallman homepage: stallman.org
GNU homepage: gnu.org
GNU in Wikipedia: wiki/GNU
Free Software Foundation: fsf.org
Supporting FSF: shop.fsf.org
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We would like to THANKS to Richard Stallman for the interview and Jason Gauciz to accept being the interviewer. The credits for the main photo goes to Nicola Asuni, other photos credits goes to stallman.org and to wikipedia. The above introduction texts credits goes to stallman.org
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Article created by: jorgerosa.
Who is Richard Matthew Stallman? Richard Matthew Stallman (aka rms) is a software developer and software freedom activist. In 1983 he announced the project to develop the GNU operating system, a Unix-like operating system meant to be entirely free software, and has been the project’s leader ever since. With that announcement Stallman also launched the Free Software Movement. In October 1985 he started the Free Software Foundation.
The GNU/Linux system, which is a variant of GNU that also uses the kernel Linux developed by Linus Torvalds, are used in tens or hundreds of millions of computers, and are now preinstalled in computers available in retail stores. However, the distributors of these systems often disregard the ideas of freedom which make free software important. That is why, since the mid-1990s, Stallman has spent most of his time in political advocacy for free software, and spreading the ethical ideas of the movement, as well as campaigning against both software patents and dangerous extension of copyright laws. Before that, Stallman developed a number of widely used software components of the GNU system, including the original Emacs, the GNU Compiler Collection, the GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs, and various other programs for the GNU operating system. Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft, and is the main author of the GNU General Public License, the most widely used free software license.
As can be seen in this image, "FREE" and "OPEN" words do not have the exact same meaning...
Stallman gives speeches frequently about free software and related topics. Common speech titles include “The GNU Operating System and the Free Software movement”, “The Dangers of Software Patents”, and “Copyright and Community in the Age of the Computer Networks”. A fourth common topic consists of explaining the changes in version 3 of the GNU General Public License, which was released in June 2007. In 1999, Stallman called for development of a free on-line encyclopedia through the means of inviting the public to contribute articles. In Venezuela, Stallman has promoted the adoption of free software in the state’s oil company (PDVSA), in municipal government, and in the nation’s military. After personal meetings, Stallman has obtained positive statements about free software from the then-President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, from French 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, and from the president of Ecuador Rafael Correa.
Stallman graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics. During his college years, he also worked as a staff hacker at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, learning operating system development by doing it. He wrote the first extensible Emacs text editor there in 1975. He also developed the AI technique of dependency-directed backtracking, also known as truth maintenance. In January 1984 he resigned from MIT to start the GNU project.
Richard Stallman´s 1983 biography (this biography was published in the first edition of “The Hacker’s Dictionary”.): I was built at a laboratory in Manhattan around 1953, and moved to the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1971. My hobbies include affection, international folk dance, flying, cooking, physics, recorder, puns, science fiction fandom, and programming; I magically get paid for doing the last one. About a year ago I split up with the PDP-10 computer to which I was married for ten years. We still love each other, but the world is taking us in different directions. For the moment I still live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, among our old memories. “Richard Stallman” is just my mundane name; you can call me “rms”.
If you are trying to develop a software project, you will need, first of all, to apply a licence to your project, you may think that using any kind of common licence will be a good idea, but you might be wrong… It´s tricky indeed. Every licence basics also pros & cons are very well explained by rms here. In fact this interview is a MUST for every software developer and user! You will also find answers to very important questions, such as: “Why should I call GNU/Linux instead of Linux?”, “what licence to choose to my software project?”, and learn how to avoid most common mistakes, etc…
Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player.
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Voices: |
Richard Stallman has been working hard to ensure the availability of real free software, the achievements are too greate to be listed here, however you can view them here, in “a Serious Bio” topic: stallman.org
Richard Stallman in Wikipedia: wiki
Richard Stallman homepage: stallman.org
GNU homepage: gnu.org
GNU in Wikipedia: wiki/GNU
Free Software Foundation: fsf.org
Supporting FSF: shop.fsf.org
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| More projects that FSF is envolved to protect your freedom, they deserve, at least, your visit: | ||
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We would like to THANKS to Richard Stallman for the interview and Jason Gauciz to accept being the interviewer. The credits for the main photo goes to Nicola Asuni, other photos credits goes to stallman.org and to wikipedia. The above introduction texts credits goes to stallman.org
More articles in: Featured Articles, Interviews
Please, help us to keep this free project updated and alive. THANKYOU!
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You must listen carefully this man, and think if in fact you really know all about software licences that are out there. You will learn how to avoid mistakes and prevent yourself to get suit. Our real freedom is in big danger indeed… We haven´t time to see it, we are too busy… but someday could be too late! In fact looking to the way things are going on, this could be sooner than later…
Содержание блога качественное, много интересного для себя вычитал.