This is the personal web site of Richard Stallman. The views expressed here are my personal views, not those of the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project. The largest part of the site is the political notes, and they are typically updated every day.
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Here are two notes about the use of trade secrets to hide information. ... On July 13, 2005, Canadians were ordered not to read books that were sold to them "by mistake" . Read that article, then don't buy any Harry Potter books. ... Unlike Ms Rowling, who demanded that people not read these books, I only call on people...
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Richard Stallman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated " rms ", is an American software freedom activist, and computer programmer. In September 1983, he launched the GNU Project to creat...
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Stallman is a saint in the Church of Emacs---Saint IGNUcius. I bless your computer, my child! (jpeg 31k, photo by Wouter van Oortmerssen) ... Emacs was originally a text editor, but it became a way of life and a religion. To join the Church of Emacs, you need only say the Confession of the Faith three times:
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Richard Stallman founded the GNU Project in 1984, and the Free Software Foundation in 1985. He also originally authored a number of well known and highly used development tools, including the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the GNU symbolic debugger (GDB) and GNU Emacs.
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But Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the computer operating system GNU, said that cloud computing was simply a trap aimed at forcing more people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that would cost them more and more over time.
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computi... www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
On why he decided against writing proprietary software; quoted in Free as in Freedom : Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software (2002) by Sam Williams ... Richard Stallman on spyware and backdoors ... Interview with Richard Stallman: Four Essential Freedoms, December 19, 2007...
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Richard M. Stallman has been a pivotal, and sometimes controversial figure in the free software movement. Mr. Stallman’s accomplishments have included, but are not limited to, the creation of the GNU Public License, the Free Software Foundation, and the GNU C compiler. ... Free software people: Richard M. Stallman...
www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_ri... www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_richard_stallman
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