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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. | 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 == | ==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}}</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" /> | 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 == | ==Free Software Foundation== | ||
''Further reading : [[Free software movement]]'' | ''Further reading : [[Free software movement]]'' | ||
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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
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]
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.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William L., Hosch (2025-10-05). "Richard Stallman - American computer programmer".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stallman, Richard. "A serious bio".