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Born in New York, New York
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Stallman becomes a Freshman at Harvard.
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Here Stallman writes Emac text editor in C computer programming language.
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Stallman graduates Magna Cum Laude with a Physics Degree from Harvard.
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Stallman begins Graduate school at MIT.
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Stallman Begins working on GNU operating system. Pioneer of free and open source software.
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Stallman Leaves MIT due to concern over copyright rules and to focus his work on GNU..
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Stallman writes a "Manifesto" outlining his reasons for creating free operating system. Stallman revises and updates Manifesto until 1987.
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Stallman creates foundation out of support for the Free Software movement which he leads.
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This organization Stallman created to fight off software patents and copyright and push for free and open source software.
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Also known as "genius award." Receives a large sum of money for winning the award. Helps the development of GNU Project.
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Linus Torvalds creates Linux kernel. Later on in 1994 it is combined with GNU to create GNU/Linux also known as Linux.
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Stallman's GNU and Linus Torvalds Kernel are combined to create Linux. A big moment for Stallman and the computer world.
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This essay wished for an "open source encyclopedia" to be available to the public. This encyclopedia highlights Stallman's desire for things to be both open and free.
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Most recent acknowledgement for pioneering free software
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Stallman presents a TED TALK on free software, Very interesting to watch after learning about him this semester and through researching him for this assignment Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM
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Stallman discredits victim of Jeffrey Epstein. Stallman resigns from MIT and Free Software Foundation.
