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Richard Matthew Stallman (/ ˈstɔːlmən / STAWL-mən; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials, rms, [1] 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.
Richard Stallman has cancer. Fortunately it is slow-growing and manageable follicular lymphoma. Treatment put it into remission, and he can expect to live many more years. However, he now has to be even more careful not to catch Covid-19. FSF Giving Guide
Richard Stallman, American computer programmer and free-software advocate who founded (1985) the Free Software Foundation. He also established the GNU project, which was involved in the creation of a free version of UNIX. Learn more about Stallman’s life and career.
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Richard Matthew Stallman leads the Free Software Movement, which shows how the usual non-free software subjects users to the unjust power of its developers, plus their spying and manipulation, and campaigns to replace it with free (freedom-respecting) software. Born in 1953, Stallman graduated Harvard in 1974 in physics.
Stallman, RMS for short, has changed the world with his vision of freedom for the digital... It is the first TEDx talk of the founder of Free Software movement.
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Sep 22, 2019 · Richard Stallman, the 66-year-old programmer and animating spirit behind the free-software movement, was banished this week. He was told to leave the MIT offices he worked from, and sometimes...
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is incorporated with Richard Stallman as president. This marks the birth of the FSF, which remains the organizational home for the GNU Project, and provides it and other free software projects with critical infrastructure.