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'''Richard M. Stallman''' ('''RMS''') is the founder of the [[GNU]] project and the [[Free Software Foundation]]. He is the brains behind the [[GNU]] General Public License (GPL). The GNU GPL is used in the [[GNU/Linux]] operating system, and in other popular software. Stallman was part of MIT's [[Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] in the 1970s, where he did a lot of creative computer programming (which he and his friends called "[[hacking]]").
'''Richard M. Stallman''' ('''RMS''') is a [[Computer Programming|computer programmer]] of a Jewish descent, the founder of the [[GNU]] project and the [[Free Software Foundation]]. He is the brains behind the [[GNU]] General Public License (GPL). The GNU GPL is used in the [[GNU/Linux]] operating system, and in other popular software. Stallman was part of MIT's [[Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] in the 1970s, where he did a lot of creative computer programming (which he and his friends called "[[hacking]]").
He conceived of a notion of "[[free software]]" where the software is free as in "free speech", as opposed to "free beer", as he explains it. It is formally licensed as an alternative to the [[public domain]] and to other free licenses. He as actively promoted forming a worldwide community of programmers and software users who can all equally share the benefits of new and improved software donated to the community. Stallman is also an [[atheist]], and his website espouses a number of radical liberal political viewpoints, leading some to suspect that he is a [[communist]]. He has also dealt with the communist governments of Cuba and Venezuela, seeking to convince them to utilize open source software.
He conceived of a notion of "[[free software]]" where the software is free as in "free speech", as opposed to "free beer", as he explains it. It is formally licensed as an alternative to the [[public domain]] and to other free licenses. He as actively promoted forming a worldwide community of programmers and software users who can all equally share the benefits of new and improved software donated to the community. Stallman is also an [[atheist]], and his website espouses a number of radical liberal political viewpoints, leading some to suspect that he is a [[communist]]. He has also dealt with the communist governments of Cuba and Venezuela, seeking to convince them to utilize open source software.