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Richard Stallman

Also known as Richard Matthew Stallman, Richard M. Stallman, R. Stallman, rms, St. IGNUcius, Chief GNUisance

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

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Richard Stallman is an American computer programmer and software freedom activist who founded the GNU project, which aims to create free software alternatives to commercial programs. His work matters because he pioneered the concept of "free software" as a movement for user rights and transparency in computing, influencing how millions of people think about software ownership and access today.

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Manhattan, New York, USA

Known for

Hacking for the Commons — Himself2019
HAK_MTL — Himself2019
Internet ou la révolution du partage — Self2018
Richard Stallmans talks — self2014
A Counter-History of the Internet — Self2013
El software libre en las escuelas — Él mismo2009
Alternative Freedom — Himself2006
The Code — Himself2001
Revolution OS — Himself - Founder, GNU Project2001

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Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Manhattan
Occupation: computer scientist
Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Languages spoken: Indonesian
Native language: English language
Religion: atheism
Notable work: GNU Manifesto
Academic degree: Doctor of Sciences
Field of work: free software
Movement: alter-globalization
Official website: stallman.org
Image: Richard Stallman by Anders Brenna 01.jpg
Residence: Boston

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website account on: GNU Savannah
Commons category: Richard Stallman
date of birth: 1953-03-16
member of: National Academy of Engineering
ethnic group: Jewish people
pseudonym: Saint IGNUcius
Commons gallery: Richard Stallman
interested in: free software
Commons Creator page: Richard Stallman
social media followers: 3952
public key fingerprint: 6781 9B34 3B2A B70D ED93 2087 2C64 64AF 2A8E 4C02
email address: mailto:[email protected]
name in native language: Richard Matthew Stallman
birth name: Richard Matthew Stallman
writing language: French
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
does not use: proprietary software
medical condition: follicular lymphoma
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
short name: RMS

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Encyclopedic overview

Richard Matthew Stallman (/ˈstɔːlmən/ STAWL-mən; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials rms, is an American free software movement 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.

Stallman launched the GNU Project in September 1983 to write a Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software. With that he also launched the free software movement. He has been GNU Project's lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software including among others, the GNU C Compiler (GCC) version 1.0 (that later was expanded and renamed GNU Compiler Collection), GNU Debugger, and GNU Emacs text editor.

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