Richard Stallman

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computer programmer free software advocate human software freedom activist

Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and programmer best known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the GNU Project, which laid the groundwork for the free and open-source software movement.

Aliases (4)

President of the Free Software Foundation ×1
Richard M. Stallman ×1
Richard Matthew Stallman ×1
Stallman ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer programmer → free software advocate → human → software freedom activist →
advocates	use of free software instead of proprietary software →
coined	GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym) → copyleft (in software licensing context) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1953-03-16 →
developed	GDB (GNU Debugger) → early versions of GCC → original GNU Emacs text editor →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Free Software Foundation →
familyName	Stallman →
fieldOfWork	computer science → software engineering → software freedom →
founded	Free Software Foundation → GNU Project →
fullName	Richard Matthew Stallman →
givenName	Richard →
ideology	software should respect users' freedom → users should have the four essential freedoms of free software →
knownFor	advocacy of free software → formulating the concept of copyleft → founding the Free Software Foundation → initiating the GNU Project → writing the GNU General Public License →
memberOf	MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (historical) →
movement	copyleft movement → free software movement →
notableWork	Free Software, Free Society → GNU Compiler Collection → GNU Debugger → GNU Emacs → GNU General Public License → The GNU Manifesto →
occupation	activist → author → software developer →
placeOfBirth	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	President of the Free Software Foundation →
programmingLanguageCreated	Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) →
website	https://www.stallman.org/ →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks → Free Software Definition → Free Software, Free Society → GNU General Public License → GNU Lesser General Public License → The Danger of Software Patents → The GNU Manifesto → The Right to Read →	author
Award for the Advancement of Free Software → EFF Pioneer Award → Grace Murray Hopper Award ("Richard M. Stallman") →	notableRecipient
GNU Emacs → The Right to Read →	creator
GNU Emacs → TECO Emacs →	developer
Free Software Foundation → free software movement →	foundedBy
Free Software Foundation → GNU Project →	founder
free software movement → open-source movement →	hasKeyFigure
GNU Press →	associatedWith
GNU is Not Unix →	coinedBy
Richard Stallman ("Stallman") →	familyName
Richard Stallman ("Richard Matthew Stallman") →	fullName
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Free Software, Free Society →	notableWorkOf
GNU Compiler Collection →	originalAuthor
Richard Stallman ("President of the Free Software Foundation") →	positionHeld
How To Become A Hacker →	relatedPerson
The GNU Manifesto →	writtenBy