In 1984, Richard Stallman founded the FSF (Free Software Foundation) and related GNU project (GNU's Not Unix). Stallman is the person who formalized then prevailing practices of the Unix/Internet operations and programming community into a licensing system called 'Free Software'. Later, other people renamed this to 'Open Source'.
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- Richard Stallman's Personal Site Founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation, father and current maintainer of the One True Emacs. Read the Master in a background of quietly understated elegance. Personal essays, political opinions, travel experiences, brief biography.
- Prince Kropotkin of Software Portrait of the man and his anarchistic GNU project.
- Linux Today: Richard Stallman, 15 Years of Free Software By Stallman: brief article taking stock of 15 years of progress; with feedback responses.
- Salon 21st: The Richard Stallman Saga, Redux By Andrew Leonard. 'The saint of free software' sparks new debates about the philosophy of the open source movement: lively exchange between Stallman and Eric Raymond, and Tim O'Reilly response.
- Salon 21st: The Saint of Free Software By Andrew Leonard. Maverick Richard Stallman keeps the faith; and gives Bill Gates the finger. Entertaining true life reporter's experience of time spent with Stallman.
- ZDNet: Interview: GNU guru Richard Stallman Mainly about the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act: UCITA.
- FAIFzilla The "no-frills" online version of "Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software".
- Free Software Foundation: Richard Stallman's blog List resources about events, recent topics and discussions by date.
- Wikipedia: Richard Stallman Encyclopaedia entry, includes brief history, the GNU project, activism and personal life.
- GNU Operating System — GNU Audio and Video Watch video or listen to audio recordings of speeches and other events related to the Free Software Foundation or the GNU project.