What is Richard Stallman?
'''Richard Stallman''' (born March 16, 1953) is the founder of the [[free software movement]], the [[GNU]] project, and the [[Free Software Foundation]]. He is also a famous [[hacker]]. He created [[GNU Emacs]], the [[GNU Compiler Collection|GNU C Compiler]], and the [[GNU Debugger]]. He is one of the main authors of the [[GNU General Public License]] (''GNU GPL'' or ''GPL''), the most used [[free software license]], which pioneered the concept of the [[copyleft]]. Since the mid-[[1990s]], he has spent most of his time as a [[political campaigner]], talking about [[free software]] and campaigning against [[proprietary software]], [[software idea patent]]s and expansions of [[copyright]] law. The time that he still spends on [[computer programming|programming]] is spent on [[GNU Emacs]]. He is currently supported by various [[fellowship]]s and maintains a modest standard of living. == Other websites == * [http://www.stallman.org Stallman.org] – Richard Stallman's personal homepage * [http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ Richard Stallman's blog] * {{Gutenberg author|id=Stallman, Richard}} <!-- Interwikis found using http://vs.aka-online.de/globalwpsearch/ --> <!----> {{DEFAULTSORT:Stallman, Richard}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American computer scientists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] [[Category:American bloggers]]