Home/stallman

stallman

110 entries

Intellectual biography of Richard Stallman (b. 1953) — programmer, activist, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, author of the GPL, and originator of the copyleft concept. Cov

The Cathedral and the Bazaar sourceOpen Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution sourceFree as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software sourceRebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution sourceRevolution OS sourceHackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution sourceThe Right to Read writingGNU General Public License, Version 3 writingMisinterpreting Copyright — A Series of Errors writingDid You Say 'Intellectual Property'? It's a Seductive Mirage writingFree But Shackled — The Java Trap writingSelling Free Software writingThe JavaScript Trap writingMeasures Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software writingGNU Lesser General Public License writingWhy Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software writingFree Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman writingThe GPL and the American Way writingWhy Software Should Be Free writingFree Unix! (GNU Initial Announcement) writingGNU Free Documentation License writingWhy Software Should Not Have Owners writingGNU Emacs Manual writingFree as in Freedom (2.0): Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution writingThe Free Software Definition writingThe GNU Manifesto writingWhy Copyleft? writingWhy Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software writingHow Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand? writingFree Software Is Even More Important Now writingUbuntu Spyware: What to Do? writingCopyleft: Pragmatic Idealism writingFree Software, Free Society (TEDxGeneva 2014) writingGNU General Public License, Version 2 writingCategories of Free and Nonfree Software writingFreedom or Power? writingWords to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing writingGNU Affero General Public License writingAbout the GNU Project writingWho Does That Server Really Serve? writingAndroid and Users' Freedom writingCan You Trust Your Computer? writingGNU General Public License, Version 1 writingLinux and GNU writingThe GNU Manifesto as Philosophical Argument conceptThe Four Freedoms conceptTivoization conceptDigital Restrictions Management (DRM) conceptOpposition to Software Patents conceptThe Right to Read conceptGNU/Linux: The Naming Argument conceptSoftware Freedom vs. Open Source: The Philosophical Split conceptThe MIT AI Lab Hacker Ethic conceptThe SaaS Loophole (ASP Loophole) conceptLibre vs. Gratis: The Linguistic Distinction conceptCopyleft conceptFree as in Freedom, Not Free as in Beer conceptThe Free Software Definition conceptThe GPL's Copyleft Mechanism conceptFree vs. Open Source Schism (1998–2007) eraGPL and the Linux Era (1991–1998) eraMIT AI Lab Hacker Culture (1971–1984) eraGPLv3 and Later Career (2006–present) eraFounding GNU and the FSF (1983–1991) eraRichard Stallman personBradley M. Kuhn personTim O'Reilly personHarold Abelson personAlexandre Oliva personGerald Jay Sussman personLinus Torvalds personSteven Levy personRobert J. Chassell personChristine Peterson personEben Moglen personJohn Gilmore personGeorg C. F. Greve personEric S. Raymond personSam Williams personLawrence Lessig personBruce Perens personLeonard H. Tower Jr. personGuy L. Steele Jr. personGNU Project organizationOpen Source Initiative organizationFree Software Foundation organizationSoftware Freedom Conservancy organizationMIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory organizationCreative Commons organizationSoftware Freedom Law Center organizationElectronic Frontier Foundation organizationFree Software's Influence on Creative Commons noteStallman's Rhetorical Method noteCopyleft as Legal Hack noteStallman vs. Open Source: Philosophical Core noteBusyBox GPL Enforcement Lawsuit (2007) eventStallman's Return to the FSF Board (2021) eventThe Xerox Printer Incident eventFSF Board Controversy (2019) eventFounding of the Free Software Foundation eventNetscape Source Release and the Coinage of 'Open Source' (1998) eventStallman's Resignation from MIT and FSF Presidency (2019) eventStallman's MacArthur Fellowship (1990) eventRelease of GPL v3 eventOpen Source Definition Schism eventRelease of GPL v1 eventFirst Release of GNU Emacs eventGPLv3 Drafting Process (2006–2007) eventAnnouncement of the GNU Project eventRelease of GPL v2 event