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~~Richard Stallman is an american programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.<ref name=":0">~~{{~~Cite web |last=William L. |first=Hosch |date=2025-10-05 |title=Richard Stallman - American computer programmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman~~}}~~</ref> He is known for promoting free software.~~

~~== Works at MIT ==~~

Richard Stallman is an american programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=William L. |first=Hosch |date=2025-10-05 |title=Richard Stallman - American computer programmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119184300/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref> He is known for promoting free software.

~~He worked at MIT from 1971 to 1984~~.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=~~Stallman~~ |first=~~Richard~~ |title=~~A serious bio~~ |url=https://www.~~stallman~~.org/~~biographies~~.~~html~~}}</ref~~> While at MIT, he wrote the Emacs editor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /~~> He ~~left MIT over his concerns about the copyright of the~~ software ~~he was developing for them<ref name=":0" />~~

== Free Software Foundation ==

==Works at MIT==

He worked at MIT from 1971 to 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Stallman |first=Richard |title=A serious bio |url=https://www.stallman.org/biographies.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204161457/https://stallman.org/biographies.html |archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref> While at MIT, he wrote the Emacs editor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He left MIT over his concerns about the copyright of the software he was developing for them<ref name=":0" />

==Open letter to remove from all leadership positions==

in 2021-03-23, an open letter signed by many prominent figures and organizations in the free software scene was published, accusing Stallman that: "He has shown himself to be misogynist, ableist, and transphobic, among other serious accusations of impropriety."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-23 |year=2021 |orig-date=2021-03-23 |title=rms open letter |url=https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201074050/https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref> In retrospect however, this was fabricated likely intended to mislead.

==Free Software Foundation==

''Further reading : [[Free software movement]]''

The Free Software Foundation is a foundation Stallman created to support the GNU project, and later the GNU/Linux operating system. This later resulted in the creation of the Copyleft system.<ref name=":0" />

[[Category:Individuals]]

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-Richard Stallman is an american programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=William L. |first=Hosch |date=2025-10-05 |title=Richard Stallman - American computer programmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman}}</ref> He is known for promoting free software.
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-== Works at MIT ==
+Richard Stallman is an american programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=William L. |first=Hosch |date=2025-10-05 |title=Richard Stallman - American computer programmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119184300/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Stallman |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref> He is known for promoting free software.
-He worked at MIT from 1971 to 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Stallman |first=Richard |title=A serious bio |url=https://www.stallman.org/biographies.html}}</ref> While at MIT, he wrote the Emacs editor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He left MIT over his concerns about the copyright of the software he was developing for them<ref name=":0" />
-== Free Software Foundation ==
+==Works at MIT==
+He worked at MIT from 1971 to 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Stallman |first=Richard |title=A serious bio |url=https://www.stallman.org/biographies.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204161457/https://stallman.org/biographies.html |archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref> While at MIT, he wrote the Emacs editor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He left MIT over his concerns about the copyright of the software he was developing for them<ref name=":0" />
+==Open letter to remove from all leadership positions==
+in 2021-03-23, an open letter signed by many prominent figures and organizations in the free software scene was published, accusing Stallman that: "He has shown himself to be misogynist, ableist, and transphobic, among other serious accusations of impropriety."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-23 |year=2021 |orig-date=2021-03-23 |title=rms open letter |url=https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201074050/https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref> In retrospect however, this was fabricated likely intended to mislead.
+==Free Software Foundation==
 ''Further reading : [[Free software movement]]''
 The Free Software Foundation is a foundation Stallman created to support the GNU project, and later the GNU/Linux operating system. This later resulted in the creation of the Copyleft system.<ref name=":0" />
+[[Category:Individuals]]
+<references />