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Richard Matthew Stallman

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  • 1953, Richard Matthew Stallman was born

    Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.
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    employed at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab.

    While Stallman was employed at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab he worked on several types of software including Emacs. Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.

  • 1974, Stallman graduated from Harvard

    Stallman's area of study was in physics and he received his bachelors of Science degree in physics. Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.

  • 1976, Stallman develops Emacs

    According to Stallman’s personal website, Emacs was “the first extensible text editor” and that he developed this software while he was working at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.

  • January 1984, Stallman resigns from his job at MIT

    Stallman worked at the artificial intelligence lab at MIT before leaving to develop the GNU operating system and commence the free software movement. Source:
    Stallman, Richard. “A Day in the Life Of...Richard Stallman.” Crossroads (Association for Computing Machinery), vol. 8, no. 4, 2002, pp. 4–5.

  • 1984, Richard Stallman launches the GNU project.

    GNU stands for, GNU's Not Unix, and his intentions in creating the GNU project was to create a UNIX like operating system which aligned with his ideology regarding free software. Later on Linus Torvalds would create Linux which is considered by some to be a variant of the GNU operating system Source:
    Accardi, Joe. “Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman & the Free Software Foundation.” Library Journal, vol. 127, no. 7, 2002, p. 117.

  • 1984. Richard Stallman commences the Free Software Movement

    This movement is based on the freedom of running, distributing, and modifying software. Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.

  • 1985, Stallman creates the Free Software Foundation.

    The Free Software Foundation is a tax-exempt organization which embodies the ideologies of the Free Software Movement and the ideologies of its founder. Sources:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0.
    Stallman, Richard. “A Day in the Life Of...Richard Stallman.” Crossroads (Association for Computing Machinery), vol. 8, no. 4, 2002, pp. 4–5.
  • March 1985, Stallman publishes the GNU Manifesto

    March 1985, Stallman publishes the GNU Manifesto

    The Gnu Manifesto was Stallman’s attempt to bring people to participate in the GNU Project. Source:
    Armstrong , Alex. “GNU Manifesto Published Thirty Years Ago.” I Programer, 25 Mar. 2015, www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/8403-gnu-manifesto-published-thirty-years-ago.html. Source (Image):
    “File:Heckert GNU White.svg.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Nov. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automake#/media/File:Heckert_GNU_white.svg.

  • 1989, Stallman cofounded "League for Programming Freedom

    According to the Free Software Foundation’s website, it is "an organization that opposes software patents and user interface copyrights." Source:
    “‘League for Programming Freedom’ Returns.” "League for Programming Freedom" Returns - Free Software Foundation - Working Together for Free Software, www.fsf.org/blogs/community/league-for-programming-freedom-returns.

  • 1994, Stallman approves distribution of GNU/Linux by Debian

    The Linux kernel was written by Linus Torvalds and with Stallman’s GNU operating system it formed GNU/Linux. Source:
    Judy Steed. “Freedom's Forgotten Prophet ; Reclusive Richard Stallman Pioneers Free Software, but Gets Shunned by the Corporate World.” Toronto Star, 2000, pp. Toronto star, 2000–10-09.

  • 1999, Stallman publishes “The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource

    Source: The Pursuit of the Universal Encyclopedia .” Good Faith Collaboration: the Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Michael Reagle, MIT Press, 2012, pp. 17–44.

  • 2001, GNUPedia project announced

    The GNUPedia project but would later be renamed as GNE. Source: “The Pursuit of the Universal Encyclopedia .” Good Faith Collaboration: the Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Michael Reagle, MIT Press, 2012, pp. 17–44.
  • December 3rd 2001, Stallman receives the Takeda Award

    December 3rd 2001, Stallman receives the Takeda Award

    Stallman received this award due to his involvement in the creation of both the GNU and the launching of the Free Software Movement Source:
    “Richard Stallman Receives Prestigious 2001 Takeda Award.” Business Wire, 2001, p. 0732. Source (Image): Foundation, Takeda. The Takeda Foundation, 8 Dec. 2010, takeda-foundation.jp/en2/index.html.
  • 2013, Richard Stallman was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame due to his lifelong accomplishments

    2013, Richard Stallman was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame due to his lifelong accomplishments

    Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0. Source (Image):
    “Internet Hall of Fame.” Richard Stallman | Internet Hall of Fame, www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/richard-stallman. Related LInk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-0KujVXbM
  • 2018, Stallman receives one honorary professorship as well as three doctorate honoris causa from three separate universities.

    2018, Stallman receives one honorary professorship as well as three doctorate honoris causa from three separate universities.

    The three honorary degrees which Stallman received came from the Universidad de Tucumán, the Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. While he acquired his honorary professorship from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Mendoza. Source:
    Stallman, Richard. Richard Stallman's Personal Page, www.stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpage.cgi?path=%2Fcommon%2Fbio.html&term=biography&type=norm&case=0. Source (image): UTN Facultad Regional Mendoza, www1.frm.utn.edu.ar/menu/.