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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 |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. | |||
== 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== | |||
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Richard Stallman is an american programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.[1] He is known for promoting free software.
Works at MIT
[edit | edit source]He worked at MIT from 1971 to 1984.[2] While at MIT, he wrote the Emacs editor.[1][2] He left MIT over his concerns about the copyright of the software he was developing for them[1]
Open letter to remove from all leadership positions
[edit | edit source]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."[3] In retrospect however, this was fabricated likely intended to mislead.
Free Software Foundation
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William L., Hosch (2025-10-05). "Richard Stallman - American computer programmer". Archived from the original on 19 Nov 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stallman, Richard. "A serious bio". Archived from the original on 4 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "rms open letter". 2021-03-23 [2021-03-23]. Archived from the original on 1 Feb 2026.
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