Richard Stallman
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Richard Matthew Stallman is an American programmer and founder of the Free Software Foundation.[1] He is known for promoting free software.
Work 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]On 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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