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RMS Turns 50

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-a-young-50 dept.

gnuhead writes "RMS is turning 50 on the 16th, according to this post in the FSF India mailing list. Some of the members have decided to give a birthday gift to RMS by celebrating March 16th to April 15th as 'GNU/Linux' month, and having a 'It's GNU/Linux dammit!' email sig. for this month. Happy birthday RMS!!!"

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  1. But his biography says his b-day is the 18th by abe+ferlman · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I was devastated by the fear, but I couldn't imagine what to do and didn't have the guts to go demonstrate," recalls Stallman, whose March 18th birthday earned him a dreaded low number in the draft lottery when the federal government finally eliminated college deferments in 1971."

    Taken from the Free as in Freedom, which you can read here.

    I remembered this because I thought I shared a birthday with RMS. Perhaps I was wrong after all.

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  2. Re:not gnu by sybarite · · Score: 5, Informative

    Show the guy some respect.

    How much of your favorite distribution is from FSF/GNU? He devised the GPL without which Linux wouldn't be where it is today. He doesn't ask people to use the term GNU\Linux out of ego, but to remind them about the ideals of Free Software. Read this book and give it some thought: Free as in Freedom