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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 |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.

==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 |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}}</ref> In retrospect, this was all bullshit political posturing.

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, this was all bullshit political posturing.

==Free Software Foundation==

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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 |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.
 ==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 |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}}</ref> In retrospect, this was all bullshit political posturing.
+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, this was all bullshit political posturing.
 ==Free Software Foundation==