Richard Stallman

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  • Richard Stallman is born

    Richard Stallman is born

  • Student at Harvard

    Student at Harvard

  • Worked at Artificial Intelligence Lab

    Worked at Artificial Intelligence Lab

  • Graduated with a Bachelors in Physics

    Graduated with a Bachelors in Physics

  • Graduate student at MIT

  • Developed the first extensible Emacs text editor

    Developed the first extensible Emacs text editor

  • Stallman announced the project to develop the GNU operating system and launch of the Free Software Movement

    Stallman announced the project to develop the GNU operating system and launch of the Free Software Movement

  • Resigned from MIT and began to work on GNU project

  • Started the Free Software Foundation

    Started the Free Software Foundation

  • Award: Honorary lifetime membership in the Chalmers Computer Society

    Award: Honorary lifetime membership in the Chalmers Computer Society

  • Founded the League for Programming Freedom

    Founded the League for Programming Freedom

  • Award: MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

    Award: MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

  • Stallman developed a free on-line encyclopedia

    Stallman developed a free on-line encyclopedia

  • GNU General public license released

  • Internet Hall of Fame

    Internet Hall of Fame