Timeline Project

By SerenaH
  • Richard Stallman Born nd Raised in New York, New York

    Richard Stallman Born nd Raised in New York, New York

  • Worked at MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab

    Worked at MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab

  • Begins College at Harvard University

    Begins College at Harvard University

  • Graduated Harvard

    Graduated Harvard

  • Worked as a Research assistant at MIT

    Worked as a Research assistant at MIT

  • Creates a new version of Emacs text editor called GNU Emacs

    Creates a new version of Emacs text editor called GNU Emacs

  • Stallman publicly declares all codes and softwares should be free

    Stallman publicly declares all codes and softwares should be free

  • Began to work on GNU operating systems

    Began to work on GNU operating systems

  • Publishes the GNU Manifesto

    Publishes the GNU Manifesto

  • Stallman establishes non-profit organization Free Software Foundation

    Stallman establishes non-profit organization Free Software Foundation

  • Created GNU GPL

    Created GNU GPL

  • GNU Linux operating system

    GNU Linux operating system

  • The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource

    The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource

  • GNU development began supporting newer C and C++

    GNU development began supporting newer C and C++

  • Richard Stallman resigns as president of the Free Software Foundation

    Richard Stallman resigns as president of the Free Software Foundation