The Life of Richard Stallman By VamsVem Mar 16, 1953 Birth Born in Manhatten Aug 1, 1971 Started Job at Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT May 29, 1974 Graduated from Harvard Jan 1, 1983 GNU Project Announced Jan 5, 1984 Started Work on GNU Jan 1, 1985 GNU Manifesto Published Oct 1, 1985 Free Software Foundation Started Jan 1, 1988 Called for Apple Boycott Jan 1, 1989 Co-founded League for Programming Freedom Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Feb 29, 2016 Free Software Activism Jan 1, 1999 Developed GNUPedia Jan 1, 2001 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glasgow Jan 1, 2003 Honorary Doctorate From The Vrije Universiteit Brussel Jan 1, 2004 Honorary Doctorate From The Universidad Nacional de Salta Aug 1, 2006 Discarded Proprietary Software In Kerala